The 20-acre piece of land in Kitutu Chache South constituency was meant for a dumpsite and a public cemetery. Trouble started after the county attempted to hive off 13 acres of the 20-acres land for purposes of setting up a public cemetery. The county government officials informed the national committee that the county had set aside 13-acres of land in Nyatieko for cemetery purposes. The site was one of the 600 parcels of public land which have exchanged hands fraudulently in Kisii town alone. The Nyambera Cemetery was formerly land set aside by the defunct municipal council for recreation under the town’s 1971 development plan.

Source: Daily Nation July 22, 2020 17:37 UTC