This archive report was first published on 25 July 2021.
Published on July 25, 2021, hundreds of squatters in Kilifi County had a reason to smile after they were issued land title deeds.
At least 867 title deeds were given to the residents of Muyeye, Kwa Ndomo, and Kibokoni villages through the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP), a program funded by the World Bank and implemented by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development.
The project aims to uplift the living standards of 1.4 million Kenyans in informal settlements.
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi, accompanied by State Department for Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga and other officials, handed out the title deeds.
“It is important to keep the title deeds well because this is a form of inheritance that can be passed from you to your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren,” Governor Kingi said.
He noted that the issuance of title deeds will shield vulnerable families from evictions and eradicate inequalities.
PS Hinga emphasized that those who were issued title deeds were now landowners and it will be difficult for them to be used to cause violence.
Magarini MP Michael Kingi urged the beneficiaries to invest in the land they had been allocated.
“You are now carrying gold. If you use it well, it will transform your life,” he said.
