Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi has sounded a warning to land grabbers eyeing public land within the county.<\/p>\n
Mwangangi mentioned unscrupulous folks had resorted to grabbing public land within the county whereas invoking names of senior leaders to intimidate county officers.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe won’t entertain such folks and we are going to ensure that any grabbed land has been returned to its rightful homeowners, \u201che mentioned.<\/p>\n
He singled out Mavoko and sections alongside the Nairobi-Mombasa freeway as a few of the areas the place the circumstances had been rampant.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Mavoko the land registry was transferred and 90 p.c of people who engineered the switch are land grabbers,\u201d revealed the deputy governor.<\/p>\n
The DG prevailed on the cupboard Secretary for Lands to have the registry reverted for straightforward administration of land points within the space.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re additionally asking the nationwide authorities to collaborate with the county authorities to guard public land within the county,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n
The deputy governor\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
By Roselyne Kavoo<\/strong><\/p>\n