Staff shortage at the Thika Lands Registry is to blame for poor services, an official says. 

Outgoing Land Registrar Bernard Leitich said the station currently has 20 staff after a similar number was transferred to other departments in April, in a purge by the Ministry of Lands to curb cormption. 

He was responding to concerns raised by area MP Patrick Wainaina.

— Oliver Musembi and Mathew Ndung’u