Lands Acting Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. Corruption continues
unabated in the lands offices across the country, a new study shows.
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By STELLAR MURUMBA, smurumba@ke.nationmedia.com
In Summary
- “A manual land search may take a Kenyan up to two weeks to complete but when a broker is used, the same process takes a day. That is the highest form of corruption consumers reported,” he said.
- Mr Makathimo, who was speaking during the launch of the results of the survey dubbed Status of Service Delivery in the Land Sector, said the exclusive use of brokers in order to get service or favouritism is also common in all registries.
- The 41 per cent which is 374 respondents reported cases of some of their land documents missing from the respective registries, said the survey conducted by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI).
Corruption continues unabated in the lands offices across the country, a new study says.
The study carried out in all the 47 counties reports that 41 per cent of the 913 respondents said they had either been requested for “fuel money” to conduct site visits by land officials or asked to make unofficial payments.
The 41 per cent which is 374 respondents reported cases of some of their land documents missing from the respective registries, said the survey conducted by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI).
The LDGI executive director Mr Mwenda Makathimo, who was speaking during the launch of the results of the survey dubbed Status of Service Delivery in the Land Sector, said the exclusive use of brokers in order to get service or favouritism is also common in all registries.
The study carried out in all the 47 counties reports that 41 per cent of the 913 respondents said they had either been requested for “fuel money” to conduct site visits by land officials or asked to make unofficial payments.
The 41 per cent which is 374 respondents reported cases of some of their land documents missing from the respective registries, said the survey conducted by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI).
The LDGI executive director Mr Mwenda Makathimo, who was speaking during the launch of the results of the survey dubbed Status of Service Delivery in the Land Sector, said the exclusive use of brokers in order to get service or favouritism is also common in all registries.
“A manual land search may take a Kenyan up to two
weeks to complete but when a broker is used, the same process takes a
day. That is the highest form of corruption consumers reported,” he
said.
Automation
In February this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta
launched the National Titling Centre in Nairobi, in bid to automate its
land registry that was expected to process three million “tamper-proof
title deeds” in the next three years.
A source from the ministry however said that the
online titling is yet to commence and parameters are being put in place
to kick-start it. The source said that they have, however, computerised some of the processes leading to the registration and issuance of the title deeds
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