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Ministries owe Nairobi Sh2.7bn in land rates, Sakaja tells Senate

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has told a Senate committee that national government ministries owe the county Sh2.7 billion in unpaid land rates, with police stations, prisons and military barracks owing more.

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Lagos Urges Agric-Egan-Igando Residents to Protect Infrastructure Right-of-Way

Lagos State has asked residents and businesses along the Agric-Egan-Igando corridor to stop illegal occupation of the right-of-way reserved for 33kV transmission lines serving an ongoing mixed housing scheme.

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Taita Taveta Begins 28-Day Land Survey Push to Issue Over 50,000 Title Deeds

Kenya's Taita Taveta County has launched a 28-day survey and adjudication exercise targeting more than 50,000 title deeds, with over 31,000 residents expected to benefit at no cost.

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Affordable Housing Is Nigeria's Biggest Unfinished Economic Reform, Valuer Argues

A registered estate surveyor and valuer writes that Nigeria's housing deficit, weak mortgage system and costly land administration make affordable housing the country's biggest unfinished economic reform.

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Kenya Forest Service Takes Over Eight Muthaiga Golf Club Holes in Karura Forest Boundary Row

The Kenya Forest Service has taken control of eight holes at Muthaiga Golf Club, saying roughly 21.8 hectares claimed by the club falls inside the gazetted Karura Forest.

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SCUML and REDAN tighten anti-money laundering rules for Nigerian property developers

Nigeria's Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering and the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria have moved to tighten compliance in the property sector, warning developers that registration alone is not enough as the country prepares for its Mutual Evaluation.

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Kenyan court ruling highlights legal safeguards against unauthorised land transfers

A Kenyan court has underlined the steps landowners can take to protect property, including lodging a caution or restriction, after a family found a deceased relative's land had been registered in another person's name.

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Illegal sale of municipal land blamed for Randhart land invasion in Alberton

Residents and a Freedom Front Plus councillor say municipal land in Randhart, Alberton, is being sold illegally while shacks and irregular water and electricity connections spread and an investigation stalls.

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Kenyan court cancels Nakuru land title transferred after owner's death

The Environment and Land Court in Nakuru has cancelled a land title after finding the register was opened two days after the owner died and another person was registered as proprietor 11 years later, ordering the parcel returned to the deceased's estate.