Lamu County Senator Joseph Githuku Kamau, MP, is seeking a statement from the Standing Committee on Land, Environment, and Natural Resources pertaining to the status of land discharge in Lamu County. 

In his statement, the Senator requests the committee to Elucidate on the state of the Settlement Fund Trustee, which was tasked with settling people either on un-alienated Government land or on land purchased from private owners.

The Senator also wants the committee to verify reports that most parcels of land in the County are under the SettlementFund Trustee and have charges registered against them by the Trustee, stating when the Ministry will publish the said parcels and the accumulated rates. 

The committee should further clarify reports that most landowners have since settled the debt against their parcels of land, yet cannot subdivide or transfer the said parcels of land, stating when the said parcels would be discharged; and state measures, if any, to discharge the said parcels of land and extend waivers to those who have accrued untenable rates.