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President Uhuru Kenyatta issues Kihiu Mwiri titles, says no more land-buying companies

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday ended a bloody chapter in one of Kenya’s oldest land-buying companies when he issued 43 title deeds to shareholders of Kihiu Mwiri Land Buying Company.

The Head of State also banned the registration of any new land-buying companies. The announcement is likely to bring relief to land owners in Central, Rift Valley and parts of Nairobi who have been preyed on by greedy directors for decades.

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