1000 families benefit from land tenure regularisation initiative

Residents of four informal settlements in Nakuru County will soon have secure land tenure courtesy of an initiative rolled out by the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP) phase two.

The initiative, which is being funded by the World Bank and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group funds, aims at providing title deeds and lease certificates to over 1000 households, marking a significant step towards land security and economic empowerment in the informal settlements which have long been affected by land disputes and poverty.

County Lands and Physical Planning Chief Officer Ms.

Stella Mwaura explained that the KISIP 2-led tenure regularisation process being carried out in the informal settlements of Turi within Molo Subcounty, Kariandusi-Gitare in Gilgil Subcounty, Soweto in Njoro Subcounty, and Lagwenda in Kuresoi North Subcounty was 50 per cent complete and that it was being conducted with full participation of those living in the settlements.