I agree with those who have adviced our lucky inheritor to first obtain documentations to ensure that the land is officially in thier names. If he has no lawyer he can visit the offices of Public Trustee in Sheria House 6th floor for advice.

Like many pple have said get the land registered in your name and since you have already been saving, once you have settled down and done some soul searching as to what you want, do some math as to whether the cash u have can develop the land like if the land is suitable for rental houses, how much they will cost to develop and if you have that kind of money.If you have then go ahead and develop. If not keep on saving till it's enough to develop hata kama ni one floor assuming you choose to go that way.

I suggest you don't sell even a centimetre of the land unless you really have to.(eg sell an acre in shags n buy and develop in a prime area.)But be careful with this also.
Relatives are good but I suggest you don't involve them in this.
Don't even allow them to be farming on it since its just idle it'll just bring conflicts.
(Infact it's only a matter of time before you get pple claiming that in your tradition girls don't inherit and they will mostly be relatives.)
Do not use the land as collateral for your spouses/boyfies loan no matter how you love them. They will refuse to pay and it will be auctioned.
About donating to the church, I would consider the following:
Did I use to go to the same church with my dad? If yes, why didn't he donate some to them?
How would my dad take it if he learns what I have done?
Has the church actually been in need of land? What steps were they taking towards addressing that?
If they had not been taking any action to acquire land then they are just creating needs that don't exist.
If on the other hand they required land, and have been acting on it they should still continue.
Lastly if you for whatever reason(I doubt if there is any) have to donate to the church it shall not be more than 10 percent of the total land.
Wish you all the best and please for the sake of your dad, he denied himself so many things so he can give this land to you. Don't let him down.

Thats one lucky girl! Continue with your earlier project, depending on inheritance has left many people stagnant. DO NOT give that land or a section of it to any church unless it is out of freewill. God loves a cheerful giver! Christians do tithe but we do not tithe from inheritance but from the increase(read revenue) from our toil.

Be careful with these church leaders.

This captures what i'd say. I'm a mother and whatever i do, i'd like to leave something for my children-as their mum. My dad gave us land too. I've never sold it and i feel nice about that. Sometime my children will enjoy their grandfather's land too-and on and on. Also on the church, i'd not be quick to donate land but weigh and know if i'd really want to do that. I also wonder why your dad never donated. If he's alive, discuss it with him. If not, ask God for wisdom. He freely gives to those who ask Him. That's a promise in the bible.

I already have the title deeds; no way would I be in here asking for advice without papers. It's not a lot, less than 40 acres

@radio, it was a land dispute between my dad and his brothers for kitu 16 years but wakachoka na divided it up among themselves three years ago. My dad is fatigued and having health issues so he divided it among us and everyone was give their shares, complete with deeds….

@bartum, plan za kuoa zimetupwa mbali for now

@ lovely2010, slykat, eco, ceinz, solo, sky5, you are right; I have calmed down, I realized i need time to sort things out, thaks

@ms mkenya, thanks

@Kenyanlyrics, I will not waste this chance. Infacts I think that's why I panicked

@Muchknow, congrats, so you know how I feel. Leasing is looking like a very good option right now

@Ndaragwa and barrywhite, you have no idea. My whole life has been turned upside down, or rather, upside up . But I feel experts may con me because of my age, so I will do a lot of research on my own first before I seek their advice.

@Mukiha, pure coincidence. It is very nice to hear from you. At one point SK/Wazua was too boring for me but now it seems I have no choice but to come back…

@mkonomtupu, I will not waste mine, I have faith in myself. I fear real estate and all that mjengo stuff but maybe when I’m older I’ll have the courage

@Young and @, thank you . That makes much sense; I would rather give my proceedings than actual land.

@Pablo, nice to see you too. I had a very bad experience with a wazua man so I avoid wazua meetings since I don’t know whether he attends or not and I might run into him. I hope you, Kingfisher and Djinn are well. BTW, great thread especially on building homes , I’m taking notes….

@YCSUN, bkismat, KakaM, u have raised valid
points, church leaders can be quite fishy. I asked her to explain why and she mentioned that I give 10% as in like tithe. Anyway, I said no and she is not too pleased right now. My dad did not donate to the land because she was not willing to put it under the name of the church, butin her hubby's name

I will finish my MSc first then sit down and figure out what to do. My tentative plans are: Eco lodges as one parcel is near a ranch in laikipia. I am passionate about farming so I might go that route. Probably lease the rest

Thank you all and God bless

Let me give you what might be the best advice you'll look back at and regret if you don't heed; Don't let the relatives in. The best way of keeping them out is doing something with the farm yourself. Plant napier grass and be selling to a dairy farmers around who are not related to you. A relative squatter is the hardest to kick out and if you succeed the family whisper will never stop especially from those relas who do zero for you and will never help your life....

Get the documents and continue planting napier even for 10 years until you figure out what you want to do with your land. Don't be in any hurry.

As for the cash you have, clear all your debts first (if any) and invest the rest in bonds.

@Christina,

Lucky You! If there is any more land please holla!

On a more serious note, go to doldol, buy herds of sheep-they are costing as low as 300 bob! then have someone heard them for kindu 6 months( It's called fattening). You can later sell at 3000 bob each. wachana na stocks

10% donation could work in your favor especially in a remote area where a church starts a school, clinic, etc

Urban land owners be warned: City Hall and the taxman will come calling

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