Kamiti, for instance, sits on a 1,200 acre land parcel in Kiambu with most of it undeveloped. According to the Hass Land Index Report for Q4 2020, the average value of an acre of land in Kiambu stands at 38,600,000. Lang'ata Women's Prison sits on 50 acres, with land grabbers having trimmed its acreage significantly over the years. An acre of land in Lang'ata goes for an estimated Ksh63,400,000.

The conversion process is meant to curb endemic land fraud and improve service delivery.