Nairobi, Sept. 14 -- A court has cancelled a Nakuru land title after finding that the register was opened two days after the original owner died and another person was recorded as proprietor 11 years later.

The Environment and Land Court in Nakuru ordered the disputed parcel returned to the estate of William Kiiru after his family sued, arguing that the transfer was unlawful because it happened after his death.

According to the court judgment, Kiiru died on August 16, 1971, but the land register was opened two days later, before Fredrick Mbui was registered as proprietor on April 15, 1982, and the property later came to be registered in John Njogu's name.

"There was no evidence from the white card as to how the transfer was done. Furth...