Conmen carry the day as Kenyans scramble for Embakasi plots

Everyone is scrambling for a piece of land in Embakasi,” said Njiru Location chief Josephat Githenji, sitting amid a pile of paperwork. 
For the last few months, Mr Githenji’s office in the Embakasi area on the outskirts of Nairobi has been awash with paperwork.

Unfortunately, most of it is fake; everything from fake titles to building permits. Property investors in Embakasi are losing out to well-organised cartels who resell land to unsuspecting investors, create fake property documents, and sell poorly constructed buildings.