Maybe the apt question should be what was wrong with land in this country, as the wrongs are now coming to light.

The growth in population has caught us unawares and I'm still not aware of any formidable plan how to contain the growth especially from a settlement point of view.

So I guess people have taken it among themselves to go out and find an empty space to occupy. While others see it as an opportunity to sell any empty spaces they can find.

You need to visit rural areas like murang'a and nyeri where land inheritance is rife. In most average homes the subdivision has gone to the extent that the current heir's of the land own between 1-2 acres. They still intend to pass this on to their next of kins. In a few decades you can imagine how it will be if the trend continues.

I'm telling you this may prove to be a big challenge in the near future.

We cannot produce agricultural products in a industrial level anymore in many parts of central province where we have highlands.

Statistically, coffee production has just gone down sharply. Quoting Wikipedia: "Since 1989, production in this East African country fell from about 130,000 thousand metric tons to 50,000 tons in 2009"

Peasant farmers use their only land to feed themselves. While those cooperatives with bigger chunks of land cannot help but sell off the farms and ride the real estate wave.

...we are a greedy nation. We look for the easiest ways to make money cauz the only thing we care for is money it doesn't matter we make that money at whose expense!

Am surprised not a single Kenyan has called on the Lands Minister to step aside.

Population growth in Kenya is big problem. But the land issues we are facing in urban Kenya is fueled by greed, corruption and poor planning. if we had a good train network operating at reasonable speed between Nairobi and Nakuru, and says it takes on average 1 hr between the two cities, would we need folks to crowd in Nairobi?

True, there is life beyond Nairobi.

I wonder what would happen if this business man attempted to buy land in Kenya. There is probably no law that would hinder him from buying an entire district. http://www.bloomberg.com...to-buy-land-parcel.html

NJESSS!!!