The claimants, under the banner Kasarini Ancestral Families’ Self-help Group, filed a claim with the National Land Commission (NLC) tribunal wanting to be given the land, which is already subdivided and partly sold. The land is situated along Kiambu Road, near Thindigua, and, going by the current land rates, it could be worth over Sh100 billion. Members of the group made up of different families claim to be the bona fide owners of the expansive land that hosts gated communities, a school, and churches. Saying they now live in slums, the families claim that a team of “five strange men” identified as Kenya Planters Co-operative Union (KPCU) officials started running their society. Ms Nyokabi said the suit, which started 40 years after she occupied the land, is a belated attempt at depriving them of their right to own land.

Source: Daily Nation February 04, 2018 17:37 UTC