{"id":137461,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/137461/?format=json","text_counter":513,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Now, again, in relation to farmers, for example, what Dr. Eseli was talking about, that somebody bought a piece of land and he is a farmer, and that he is limited to the unexpired period of a lease--- For example, there are many people who buy land and they do not realize that, probably, the lease remains unexpired for a period of about five years. So, he has bought it not knowing that the lease will expire in five year’s time. That will normally require somebody to look at the documents of the lease carefully; look at the head lease and look out whether you are getting good value out of your money. But the thing is: There are places like, for example, in Trans Nzoia, where farmers form a land buying company. When they go and buy that piece of land, they cannot be able to get a better title than what is contained in the head title. So that, if the person they are buying the land from had a lease for 99 years, that person or farmer who was selling to this other farmer cannot be able to give them a better title than he has. So, if the unexpired period is five years, that is the interest he can sell and nothing beyond those five years."}