Despite stringent laws, private developers, who enjoy the protection of the high and mighty in Government, continue grabbing public land with abandon. The protection of public land is underpinned in the Constitution as per article 62 (4),” the CS said. He asked the National Land Commission (NLC) to stand firm in its quest to reclaim grabbed public land by rooting for the adoption for the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms to expedite land disputes. ALSO READ: How Mungiki has taken over minesHe said court cases filed by individuals occupying school land had frustrated the state’s quest to recover grabbed land. “There have been numerous cases when we are served with a court order when we are in the final stages of recovering grabbed land.

Source: Standard Digital May 12, 2017 21:11 UTC