I
am struggling with my second attempt at the CC10 project. For sure, it would
have been easier for me to inflate a sisal gunny bag than tackling this
project. It is like milking a he-goat. The vocal variety is sounding like an
attempt to use a vuvuzela as a trumpet. Maybe the culprit is my CC6
(vocal variety) that I post below.
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CC6
– When a deal is too good
Listen, am telling you this
because you are my friends. Some quarter acre plots next to the defence college
at Karen are selling at only two million kenya shillings. I know the seller and
I can link you up.
Owning a piece of land is most
a Kenyan’s vision. Vision without action is a merely a dream. Therefore, we work
as hard as mules, toiling day and night, from cockcrow to long after sunset, year
in year out and deny ourselves luxuries in the hope of saving just enough to
purchase a plot.
Any plot even if at Athi River where the
black soil looks like fine tarmac during the sunny season but is a rut with the
first drops of rain and therefore one requires either competent wading skills or
a canoe.
Jokes aside, the idea is
good and the returns can be fulfilling. However the process is replete with
pitfalls and snares. Matters are not made easier by our despicable man eat man
culture. There are swindlers, bilkers and leeches out there who can smell the money
in your pocket better than a shark a drop of blood in the ocean. One blink,
just one and your savings evaporate into thin air.
So how do you go about it
without burning, your already sore fingers?
For starters follow the
law society regulations to the letter. After identifying an interesting piece, the
next step should be to ascertain ownership. This is primarily done by talking
to the neighbours. They are likely to know the owner or to know of any
conflicts associated with the property. However, this is not sufficient proof. You need something written; something
official; the official search certificate. The search certificate is got at the
local lands office and it confirms the registered owner and lists any
restrictions on the property. If the searching officers say that they cannot get
the green card it doesn't mean that they won’t make it to American. No. It
means one of two things or both either, the deal is shady or you need to do what
needs to be done when a civil servant cannot find a file. I recommend you drop
the deal at this point like a hot potato.
Next one needs to enter
into a sale agreement. In particular make sure the agreement covers terms of
payment, plus the vendor and purchaser responsibility. For this use a reputable
and honest lawyer. They are many despite 99% of them spoiling for the others. Get
one who can ask a learned question, preferable with foreign accent such as
“mr. so so, please answer yes or no,
isn’t it so that when the a person dies in his sleep he does not get to know
about it until the following morning?”.
Seriously though, use a
conveyance lawyer.
Another thing, if the land
is subject to land control board, don’t evade it. The land board is like a
local council of elders that grants a specific entity authority to transfer
land to another definite entity. Ideally it should be chaired the District
Commissioner. But the DC delegates the authority to the DO who in turn has
delegated to madam Wavy. According to the government, the service is free. But nonetheless
Madam Wavy whom, it is rumored inspired the Michelin man, demands a token fee
for the wazee that sets you back a couple of thousands.
In a nutshell,
1.
Confirm the details - if they are too good to be true, they are.
2.
Use
a conveyance lawyer - Don’t be penny wise and pound foolish.
3.
Don’t
take short cuts, they will cut your slyness to size.
Remember fellow
toastmaster
When the deal is too good
think twice? Wrong. Don’t even think about it
Toastmaster
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