Ifikie DPP! How Crooked Mbeere South MP Geoffrey King’ang’i Grabbed 20 Acres of School Land

Embu MCA’s accuse MP for grabbing college land

Embu MCAs have accused Mbeere South MP Geoffrey King’ang’i of grabbing public land and allocating it to his cronies.

The MCAs have called on investigative agencies to institute a probe on the illegal allocation of the public land to individuals in Mbeere South. The leaders called on the Ethic and Anti- Corruption Commission and Directorate of Criminal Investigations to conduct inquiry on Makawani Vocational Training Centre land that has been allocated to individuals.

While adopting the report of committee on land, physical planning and urban development on the status of the piece of land, the MCAs said the 20-acre piece of land was intended for the Makawani Vocational Training Centre but King’ang’i allocated 10 acres to individuals he purported to be squatters.

While proposing an amendment to the report’s recommendation to include investigation and prosecution of the culprits, Harrison Mwaluko, the Mwea ward MCA said the illegal subdivision and allocation of public land to individuals amounted to impunity and those culpable must be brought to book.

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Margaret Kariuki a nominated MCA observed that the action of a leader
illegally allocating public land to his cronies is an abuse of public trust. Her colleague Edna Muisio said the condition of the institution is pathetic with a lot of littering and shanties behind girls’ dormitories noting it is dangerous for learners who have been left without playing ground.

Makima ward MCA Philip Nzangi observed that the vision bearer of the institution had in mind the local residents to equip them with technical skills for self-employment and that the grabbing of the land was killing the vision.

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The committee’s report on the status of the land showed that the
Makawani VTC land was a private land owned by two individuals and was bought by former MP Mutava Musyimi through Gachoka CDF for establishment of the vocational training institution.

However, the land was subdivided by the current MP claiming he was settling the landless and squatters from the region hence affecting the learning activities of the institution.

The committee chaired by Nginda ward MCA John Gichovi had asked the county executive for land to ensure the individuals who had encroached on the land vacate the premises within30 days.

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The MCAs have also called on the executive to seek orders from the court to stop issuance of the title deeds for the land within seven days of adoption of the report pending transfers registration, which they further recommended the land be properly transferred to the institution and a report of the same be tabled to the assembly within 60 days.


The assembly has also called on the county administration to ensure that there is a database for all public land in the county and ensure there is controlled development.

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