The billionaire was accompanied
by local politicians and had visited the contested 5,000-acre land to hold a
prayer rally with residents who were facing evacuation.
Police officers lobbed teargas
at the congregated residents forcing them to scatter to safety.
Speaking minutes after police
officers dispersed his event, Wanjigi accused President William Ruto of
intimidating Ndabibi residents.
He further requested the police
officers who had been deployed to disperse the gathering to obey the Kenyan constitution
which allows for peaceful picketing.
Failing to reach a consensus
with the police officers, Wanjigi was forced to prematurely call off the prayer
meeting.
“It is absolutely unacceptable
for Ruto to colonize and displace the people of Ndabibi from their homes and
then send his men to disrupt their prayer sessions with tear gas,” he
complained.
“Kenyans have every right to
worship in peace and should not be subjected to such unjust treatment.”
Last month, Naivasha Member of
Parliament Jayne Kihara announced that President William Ruto had legally
bought the land.
Kihara further noted that no law had barred the previous owner from selling the land to the Head
of State.
Azimio Principal Martha Karua
has challenged Kihara’s revelation, noting that thousands of residents who had
occupied the land for years would be displaced.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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