Murang’a residents reject Ruto affordable housing on their 1400-acre land
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Murang’a County residents reject Preident William Ruto affordable housing after fighting for 1400-acre land
Murang’a County residents reject Preident William Ruto affordable housing after fighting for 1400-acre land.
On Sunday, June 18, a section of Murang’a County residents united under the Kandara Residents Association rejected a proposal to base an affordable housing program on a parcel of land they are asserting their claim to.
The land was ceded by a multi-national fruit company after over a decade-long legal battle.
In 2021, the Parliamentary Lands Committee recommended giving the association 70% of the land and giving the remaining 30% to the Murang’a County Government.
In an unexpected turn of events, the county government chose to use the property to construct a Level 5 Hospital, a location for the Affordable Housing Program, a bus park, and a number of other social facilities.
Led by their Chairperson Geoffrey Kairu, they noted that they did not want President William Ruto’s legacy to be established on their land.
Kairu further called for an out-of-court settlement with the county government on subdividing the land.
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“The case is in the Court of Appeal so no construction should be ongoing. Murang’a County Government, Kandara Residents Association and the Ministry of Lands should agree on what should be done,” Kairu pleaded for an out-of-court settlement.
One of the Association members remarked that they were being shortchanged by the promise of the amenities.
“We need our 70 per cent and nothing will go on here. We have even declined the proposed hospital,” she noted.
She quickly added that the area was in need of a hospital but should not be done at the expense of squatters waiting on the subdivision of the land.
On Monday, May 29, the association pleaded with Water Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome to make sure they got their rightful share.
“As an association, we successfully petitioned the Parliament and in court to be allocated the land in 2021.
“We are begging our leaders led by Wahome and the current Parliament to help implement the recommendations by last administration’s Parliamentary Lands Committee,” they begged then.
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