Many have lost money to fraudsters who forge Titles and ID to sell plots they do not own. As a precaution, i think it is necessary to have these documents from the purported seller verified before you pay that hard earned cash. I know banks use the services of experts to detect forgery of titles and fake id's using the Registrar of Persons database. Would anyone here have contacts for such experts?

BM Security do it for a fee of less than Sh 1,000- I think Sh 250

thanks for letting us know

Thanks. I will use their services for a plot am in the process of acquiring. I think this will become a necessary service given the mess at most land registries.

A friend of mine smelt a rat in the middle of a land transaction and had to request for verification of the seller's ID and title and was able to save his cash in time. The shocking bit is that his lawyer had done a search which could not detect any anomaly with the title. It was later revealed that the fraudsters had colluded with land officials, so that when the search was requested, the lawyer was given the fraudulent documents but did not suspect since they were after all being issued by the Lands Registry!

All the best as you hunt for plots but please exercise utmost caution - fraudsters are becoming sophisticated.

Thanks!
(never thought of doing a search twice - I'll file that)

this is just beyond understanding. I really cannot put my finger on it.How can u spend 23m on a land deal and cannot spend ksh 1000.00 to verify the title deeds. Thats absurd.

Rahatupu. Thanks. Please state indicative charges for verifying a title deed and an ID.

Reading this thread i get i sigh of relief..for Ksh1000-Ksh250 to verify documents. Thats should be part process of land acquisition. But more so do a thorough back ground checks and trust you instincts.