According to the Public
Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy, there is a plot to grab
the land between Parliament Road, City Hall Way and the Supreme Court building
commonly referred to as the COMESA grounds.
While exposing the renewed
land-grabbing attempts, the MPs noted that President William Ruto was misled to
believe KICC was eligible for privatization. They argued that the Ministry of
Lands did not carry out due diligence to establish the missing title deed and
the ongoing wrangle over land ownership.
The MPs sitting in the committee
led by David Pkosing noted that the privatization deal which was supported by
Ruto could have flopped after he was misled.
While demanding answers from the
ministry, members of the committee wondered why the dispute had taken so long
to resolve and whether there was a conflict of interest between officers in the
Lands Ministry, the National Land Commission, and the cartels trying to grab
the land.
“The custodian of land records
is the Ministry of Lands, there should not be any dispute that you can’t
resolve, you should be able to tell us who owns the land, and whether it is
under the national government or the county government,” charged Laikipia West
MP Mwangi Kiunjuri.
Responding to the concerns,
Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome assured the MPs that the KICC land has not
been subdivided.
At the same time, she dismissed
claims that Garden Square Limited owned part of the KICC land.
The MPs then gave the CS a
30-day ultimatum to produce the KICC title deed.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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