Note: this topic is from 11/11/2003. Thanks dead.
But it is still valid.
They have the normal problems (from August 2010):
Some money meant to reimburse the absentee landlords in the affected districts was realised last financial year. Each acre was valued at about sh30,000 and a square mile at about shs19m; this figure is far below the market rate
As a result the absentee landlords prefer to sell their land to new immigrants who can afford the market rate. This has further disadvantaged the indigenous people who cannot afford and are even opposed to buying back their land.
Further still, by the time the lengthy government processes for reimbursement and release of funds are complete most of the land will have been acquired by third parties. This means that unless the Government puts a temporal ban on the selling of this land until the issues are sorted out, the indigenous people will be completely dispossessed.
The Constitution provides for government borrowing and donor funds to equip the Land Fund. The responsible government agencies should, therefore, ensure that the Fund is quickly strengthened to effectively and promptly tackle the challenge.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201008310042.html
It is not expensive: Each acre was valued at about sh30,000 (USD11.24, Oct 2011)and a square mile at about shs19m(USD7116, Oct 2011 );