Govt Gives Defaulting Urban State Land Allottees Three Months To Comply

The government has given a final three-month window for all individuals, companies and other entities allocated Urban State Land to regularise their obligations or risk losing the land.

This is contained in a notice to all allottees of Urban State Land dated 22 July 2026 and signed by the Secretary for the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, John Basera.

In the notice, the Ministry said it had noted with concern the continued failure by some beneficiaries to fulfil the conditions attached to their allocations.

The Ministry said a significant number of allottees had failed to pay the purchase price for land allocated to them and to settle outstanding balances, to pay other statutory charges due to Government, to surrender and transfer commonage stands and other land due to Government in line with their allocation conditions, development permits and agreements, and to comply with other obligations stipulated in their allocation documents.

The Ministry said these obligations form an integral part of every allocation and are legally binding. It warned that failure to comply undermines orderly urban development, prejudices Government interests and delays the provision of public infrastructure, schools, health facilities, recreational amenities and other essential public services.

Accordingly, Government has granted a final period of three months from the date of publication of the notice for all defaulting allottees to regularise their status. Within the period, allottees are required to settle all outstanding payments due to Government, to remit all commonage stands and any other land due to Government in terms of their allocation conditions, and to fulfil all other outstanding contractual and statutory obligations.

The Ministry said that at the expiry of the compliance period, Government will institute appropriate legal and administrative measures against all defaulters. These measures include the cancellation of land allocations, repossession of the allocated land without further notice subject to applicable law, recovery of outstanding amounts due to Government and any other remedies available under the law.

All affected beneficiaries have been urged to immediately engage the Ministry through the Department of Urban State Land Management to facilitate the regularisation of their obligations within the stipulated period.

Government said it remains committed to ensuring transparency, accountability and the efficient administration of Urban State Land in the national interest.

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