The Ministry of Lands plans to waive over Sh6 billion in interest on unpaid settlement fees to help land allottees collect unclaimed title deeds nationwide, Cabinet Secretary, Alice Wahome, has disclosed.
Speaking during the official opening of the Malindi Land Registry, Ms Wahome said she had already prepared a Cabinet memo and sent it to the Attorney General and the Cabinet Secretary-In-Charge of the National Treasury, with a view to having interest on the fees waived. "I have sent a request to the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury, and we have also discussed it with the President, so that if it is agreeable, we waive the interest on the fees," she said, adding, "I have a pending Cabinet memo, which I have sent to the AG and the CS Treasury," she said.
She said she discussed the matter with President William Ruto and the Treasury Cabinet Secretary and that she was positive that her request would be granted.
The CS was responding to requests by Kilifi leaders who said thousands of local residents had been unable to collect their title deeds due to the huge debts owed to the Settlement Fund Trust (SFT) and called for a waiver on the interests to enable them to pay up.
