Kirinyaga-Central MP Gachoki Gitari has initiated a legislative initiative to weed out fake land buying companies.
Appearing before the National Assembly Departmental on Lands to defend his legislative proposal, dubbed ‘The Land (Amendment) Bill 2024, Gitari said there was need to enhance the existing legal mechanisms to rescue Kenyans from unscrupulous conmen and middlemen involved fake land dealings.
The MP noted that such operations have left many families destitute and thousands of hardworking Kenyans in misery as culprits go scot-free.
The principal object of the legislative proposal is to amend the Land Act, 2012 to provide for registration, licensing and regulation of land dealing entities in order to protect the interests of persons buying land from such companies.
Other MPs who spoke on the legislative proposal said it was a progressive step in the quest to sanitize the land sector.
