The government has been asked to compensate 8 settlers who were shot by police during land ownership chaos at the disputed Mwea-settlement-scheme nine months ago. Nyangi ndiiriri council of elders representing the Embu community people, the Mwea council of elders and the Kirinyaga council of elders said since the eight settlers were shot by the police in various places of the scheme they have become disabled and one family lost their member. “The government should form community committees of the squatters living in the settlement scheme to identify the residents of the area who are supposed to benefit from the land. Matiang'i and Koroney suspends the Mwea settlement exercise on April 19 last year a day after clashes left 8 people with gunshot wounds after protesters prevented beneficiaries of the land being shown their land. One of the victims of the shooting Kennedy Mutua from Kamwea who was shot in the stomach died three weeks later on April 18 died at Kerugoya Level 5 Hospital.

Source: The Star February 22, 2019 18:33 UTC