The government has pledged to support the family of the late Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha in tracing a missing title deed linked to his property in Nairobi
This was after his widow, Odudu Barbara Magoha, who is the court-appointed legal administrator of his estate, formally reported the loss to Kenya’s Land Registry, which prompted the government response.
In a notice on February 21, 2026, the government accepted her application and her promise to protect them from any financial losses if a problem arises later.
Reports indicate that the property, registered as L.R. No. 3734/1845, is a piece of land situated within Nairobi, whose official ownership record has been declared lost or destroyed.
Government responds to Magoha’s widow land ownership plea
According to reports, Barbara has formally applied to the government to have an entirely new official land register reconstructed.
As a condition of the application’s approval, Barbara Magoha signed a binding indemnity agreement, legally committing her to personally compensate the government should the reconstruction later cause financial harm to anyone.
In response to the matter, the government has opened a strict 60-day window for any member of the public to step forward and formally object if they hold any claim to the property.
The move is a legal requirement to safeguard, designed to protect anyone who may separately hold the original deed or have an undisclosed legal interest in the Nairobi land parcel.
If no objections are lodged before the deadline, the Land Registrar will proceed to reconstruct the lost register and issue a new title deed, formally reinstating the Magoha estate’s legal ownership of the property.
