August 02
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Teacher Fights Commission's Bid to Declare Title Deed Illegal
The Star
A teacher battling the National Land Commission for the ownership of a piece of land in Naivasha town wants the High Court to stop the commission from making decisions on the... Read more »
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President Kenyatta Urges Calm Over Narasha Saga
The Star
President Uhuru Kenyatta condemned the manner in which a court order to evict families at Narasha in Nakuru County was executed. While assuring residents that the government was... Read more »
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President Uhuru Condemns Narasha Evictions
Capital FM
President Uhuru Kenyatta has condemned the inhuman manner in which a court order to evict families at Narasha in Nakuru County was executed. President Kenyatta said officers... Read more »
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TPSF Keen On Fast-Tracking Issuance of Title Deeds
Daily News
A CUMBERSOME process and unnecessary bureaucracy in looking for and owning land and securing title deeds for the same in Tanzania is impacting negatively on the business... Read more »
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Developers Ordered Out of Kitale Plots
The Star
TRANS Nzoia Governor Patrick Khaemba has stopped development on Kitale's railway plots following complaints from a section of businessmen that only one community was issued with... Read more »
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$40 Million Disbursed in Nimba Land Dispute
New Dawn
The Government of Liberia has announced the disbursement of over L$40 Million Dollars to settle longstanding land dispute among citizens in Nimba County. The money is intended to... Read more »
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Five Deny New Charges in Sh954 Million Land Fraud Case
The Star
Former Kenya Pipeline managing director Ezekiel Kipkulei Komen and four other former senior civil servants were yesterday charged afresh with conspiracy to defraud a widow of her... Read more »
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The Star
A man was yesterday charged in a Mombasa court with unlawful possession of land and destruction of property. The prosecutor Peter Githoge told the court that on July 23 at Malindi... Read more »
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Understanding Africa's Urban Challenge [opinion]
New Times
My mother, like her mother, her grandmother, and so on, was born into poverty in the rural village of Rarieda, Kenya. I, too, was born in the village, and lived there until it was... Read more »
August 01
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CRC Urge Liberians to Speak Out
New Dawn
The Constitution Review Committee or CRC has urged Liberians not to sit back, but to fully participant in the review process by expressing their views. The Committee said it was... Read more »
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Kigoda Vows to Evict CBE Land Grabbers
Daily News
THE Minister for Industry and Trade, Dr Abdallah Kigoda, has vowed to immediately remove people who have grabbed part of land belonging to the College of Business Education (CBE)... Read more »
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Tension Building in the Babylon, Kerewan and Mandinaring Area
Foroyaa
Foroyaa has interviewed all sides of the land dispute in the Babylon, Kerewan and Mandinaring area and have reported on their different concerns. Many complainants keep on coming... Read more »
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Leaders Asked to End Land Conflicts
The Star
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission has condemned Taita Taveta leaders for misleading the public into invading former Taveta MP Basil Criticos land leading to... Read more »
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Former Minister in Sh105 Million Land Case
The Star
A former Cabinet Minister on Friday appeared before the Voi law courts and denied giving false information to police. Read more »
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The Star
Trans Nzoia Governor Patrick Khaemba has told the parliamentary committee on lands investigating the allocation of Chepchoina Settlement Scheme to reclaim land occupied by the rich... Read more »
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Land Commission to Reposses Grabbed Land in Five Years
The Star
All grabbed land in the country will be recovered in five years. National land commission chairman Mohamed Swazuri has also announced that they have started cancelling titles to... Read more »
July 31
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Don't Be Fooled - Zimbabwe's Land Reform Is No Success [analysis]
GroundUp
It is election day in Zimbabwe. This is a good day to reconsider the Zimbabwean land reform experience and what to make of it, especially as we consider what should be done about... Read more »
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Times of Zambia
GOVERNMENT has launched a new land management system aimed at tackling land malpractices, Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Wylbur Simuusa has said. Read more »
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GIDA to Develop Irrigation Schemes in the North [press release]
Ghana Govt.
The Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) is to build low technology irrigation infrastructure in lowland areas in the three northern regions to harvest and manage... Read more »
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Eviction Quagmire - Angry 'Landowners' Rampage in Monrovia, Give Govt. Ultimatum
FrontPageAfrica
For eight hours in Monrovia Tuesday, all roads leading to central town witnessed a standstill of huge traffic as hundreds of Gio town residents in Oldest Congo town took to the... Read more »
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Land Agent Awaits Trial for Alleged Robbery
Ghanaian Chronicle
A land agent is awaiting trial at an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly robbing a herbalist and a security officer at gunpoint at Abease in Amasaman, a suburb of Accra. Read more »
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Property Firms Flock to Build Up Base in Nakuru
The Star
The number of real estate services providers in Nakuru has increased as investors move to harness opportunities in the South Rift town. Read more »
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Naivasha Leaders Defend Narasha Land
The Star
Naivasha leaders have accused their colleagues in Narok and Kajiado of incitement in the Narasha eviction. The leaders, who included three MPs from Nakuru county, called for the... Read more »
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Mombasa Told to Privatise Estates Management
The Star
Mombasa-based real estate developer Mwenda Thuranira has asked the county's government to privatise the management of its estates for higher returns. Read more »
July 30
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Rural Poverty and Rural Finance Project [column]
Foroyaa
This Column is meant to monitor and report on issues that concern the people of the rural area and their development and welfare. In this edition, we bring to the attention of our... Read more »
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