Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi has sounded a warning to land grabbers eyeing public land within the county.
Mwangangi mentioned unscrupulous folks had resorted to grabbing public land within the county whereas invoking names of senior leaders to intimidate county officers.
Whereas addressing the press Wednesday outdoors his workplace,the deputy governor mentioned the county authorities won’t tolerate acts of unlawful land acquisition and can take care of grabbers firmly.
“We won’t entertain such folks and we are going to ensure that any grabbed land has been returned to its rightful homeowners, “he mentioned.
He singled out Mavoko and sections alongside the Nairobi-Mombasa freeway as a few of the areas the place the circumstances had been rampant.
“In Mavoko the land registry was transferred and 90 p.c of people who engineered the switch are land grabbers,” revealed the deputy governor.
The DG prevailed on the cupboard Secretary for Lands to have the registry reverted for straightforward administration of land points within the space.
“We’re additionally asking the nationwide authorities to collaborate with the county authorities to guard public land within the county,” he mentioned.
The deputy governor’s warning comes barely per week after county officers flushed out a non-public investor alleged to have grabbed 267 acres of public land in Kyumbi alongside the Nairobi-Mombasa freeway.
By Roselyne Kavoo
Supply: kenyanews
