This is very very sad... and pole to our fellow hard working Kenyans who have lost their hard earned money..

I also think it is a complete failure by Kenya Airports Authority who should have clearly demarcated their land and put signposts to warn potential buyers. It is very irresponsible for them to be reactive to problems that could have been prevented. Any other Kenyan could have been in the same shoes as our brothers who am sure conducted a due diligence and had all approval papers (no one in their senses can put up such magnificent houses without proper checks. If KAA had put a caveat or anything on the said land to warn the buyers, this would not have happened.

At this rate, I do not want to imagine what is going to happen to estates around Wilson airport...

This is unfortunately the cost of corruption. As long as we as Kenyans continue to give and take bribes, there will be very painful experiences now and in the future. Someone, somewhere probably in the ministry of lands, Mavoko county council pocketed a few thousands, probably millions but others are paying for it now through losing houses and land invested with hard earned cash and loans.

This is no different from the road accidents experienced daily by having traffic officers overlook some defect in motor vehicles on our roads. The challenge to everyone here is are you giving or taking bribes, and what is the cost of it?

First, let's get it right that land was always KAA land, if you have a 1000 hectares of land and some smart land official allocates someone 10 hectares within your land and the new guy proceeds to build no need to negotiate demolish let them seek compensation from the government. It was quite clear this was KAA land if you ever bothered to trace back the mother title for those plots

Two, if you are on a flight path then you are putting everyone at risk, the amount JKIA generates is far much more than your 30m mansion, it's much easier to negotiate with you once you are out of the flight path.

Three, people you don't need to make property 95% of your portfolio. In fact property should not exceed 35% of your portfolio. That way you don't need to cry like you have lost everything in the world.

Four, please use lawyers in your property transactions and please don't be a cheap stake and start negotiating fees, pay full fees and ask the lawyer to do a complete due diligence.

Some Roads Ministry official advised land buyers to check with his ministry before making any deal. A search at lands isnt sufficient according to him. But this one didnt involve any road. Meaning we have to check with KAA, KPA, KEFS and whichever other probable gvt agency? Why cant we have all info on a land parcel with lands? This reminds me of the demolitions at Central police stn. One gvt ministry didnt know what the other was planning with the land!

There was a time around 2004 KAA had a caveat on the land and its unfortunate the sellers waited for things to cool off then resold the land.

What have seen with the land process in kenya don't even trust the lawyers majority of them won't even bother to get the history of the land.


There is some land around Mlolong/Sabaki that belongs to the government Numerical Systems or something* where exactly is their land??