The court has suspended the issuance of 22,000 title deeds in Kajiado County, a move that could affect land-selling companies and plot owners processing the ownership document.
Justice Maxwell Gicheru ordered that the titling of the plots be halted to allow for public input in a plan established by the Kajiado County Assembly.
The plots in question were part of the Kajiado County Council, with cases of duplicate allocation delaying the titling.
“The county department of land and county attorney should take responsibility for the survey and titling process,” the judge ordered.
Some parcels in Kajiado have not had ownership titles for over 40 years, exposing buyers to brokers and fraudsters who dupe Kenyans.
The order comes at a time when the country has witnessed demolitions of homes built on allegedly grabbed lands in the Athi River.
