The government through the National Lands Commission has issued new directives after announcing that hundreds of title deeds have disappeared without a trace.
According to reports by the Office of the Head of Public Service, it has disclosed that up to 366 title deeds were missing but could not be traced or accounted for as per this time.
“It is notified for the general information of the public that Title Deeds bearing serial numbers listed herein are reported lost (5253001—5253367)” read part of the gazette notice.”
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However, the government issued directives to the public to not transact with the listed numbers of Title Deeds and that the government would not take any liability arising from any unauthorized transactions that led to the loss of the said documents.
The government printer Abdi Hassan, also added that the said documents have been canceled since their disappearance and will be of no use and therefore kenyans should be cautious not to be scammed.
This comes hardly a month after detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested six suspects over allegations of scamming Kenyans through forged land documents.
According to a police report, the suspects who were arrested in the Ngara area in Nairobi were part of a land cartel defrauding Kenyans of their land by changing ownership in both the physical files and the digital platform.
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During the operation, the officers managed to recover several items from the suspects’ residence. Among the items confiscated included four mobile phones, two typewriters, four printers, scanners and 11 incomplete certificates of titles.