A title deed must be kept
safely to avoid the rigorous
process of acquiring a new one
in case of loss.
Nairobi, Kenya: Today evening, Police arrested a casual member of staff at the Ministry of Lands who was caught sneaking out a title deed in a major breakthrough in unearthing a racket that is smuggling crucial documents out of Ardhi House.
Another woman was arrested on
Friday after she was found sneaking
files out of the lands registry as the
ongoing 10-day audit discovered
some 10,000 files which have been
missing for many years.
Tuesday, police apprehended
another woman after officers
manning the gates and who were
conducting a normal search on
employees leaving the building after
work found her with the title deed
belonging to Malindi Municipal
Council.
Langa’at Deputy OCPD Mwangi Kuria
said the suspect was locked up at
the Capitol Hill police station for
interrogation and would be
arraigned in court Wednesday.
He said they were also interrogating
another employee in the ministry
who was found with 10 title deeds in
his bag as he exited Ardhi House
Tuesday.
The central registry at Ardhi house is
currently closed to the members of
the public for a 10-day audit as the
ministry plans to digitize its
operations to promote efficiency and
effectiveness in service delivery.
Officers at Ardhi House who did not
want to be named told The Standard
that some ministry officials
apprehensive that they could be
nabbed due to their involvement in
corruption deals were secretly
smuggling files and title deeds
suspected to be illegally signed.
Documents targeted are those
signed by National Lands
Commission (NLC) which has
opposed the closure of the central
registry.
safely to avoid the rigorous
process of acquiring a new one
in case of loss.
Nairobi, Kenya: Today evening, Police arrested a casual member of staff at the Ministry of Lands who was caught sneaking out a title deed in a major breakthrough in unearthing a racket that is smuggling crucial documents out of Ardhi House.
Another woman was arrested on
Friday after she was found sneaking
files out of the lands registry as the
ongoing 10-day audit discovered
some 10,000 files which have been
missing for many years.
Tuesday, police apprehended
another woman after officers
manning the gates and who were
conducting a normal search on
employees leaving the building after
work found her with the title deed
belonging to Malindi Municipal
Council.
Langa’at Deputy OCPD Mwangi Kuria
said the suspect was locked up at
the Capitol Hill police station for
interrogation and would be
arraigned in court Wednesday.
He said they were also interrogating
another employee in the ministry
who was found with 10 title deeds in
his bag as he exited Ardhi House
Tuesday.
The central registry at Ardhi house is
currently closed to the members of
the public for a 10-day audit as the
ministry plans to digitize its
operations to promote efficiency and
effectiveness in service delivery.
Officers at Ardhi House who did not
want to be named told The Standard
that some ministry officials
apprehensive that they could be
nabbed due to their involvement in
corruption deals were secretly
smuggling files and title deeds
suspected to be illegally signed.
Documents targeted are those
signed by National Lands
Commission (NLC) which has
opposed the closure of the central
registry.
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