Residents
living in the disputed Mwea settlement scheme land have vowed to use all
means including witchcraft to defend their land from grabbers.
market in Makima during a consultative meeting the residents said that they
cannot entertain anybody who is after the land which they call home.
led by the area MCA Philip Nzangi said that for long they have waited for the
tittle deeds and it has come a time when the government should issue them with
the tittles to develop their land.
stand of the people of Makima and Mwea is that the government should issue the
tittle deeds, be it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow but the process should
start afresh .
issues of Mwea settlement scheme and the adjudiction areas ,all this people
living in this land should be issued with the tittle deeds ,”said Nzangi.
the government will have a need to have a committee to represent the locals on
the issues of land the locals will choose for themselves but they will not
accept forced representation at all.
they have lived in this land for decades and they should be the first people to
benefit from this land and not the outsiders.
echoed by Sila Mwaniki an elder who said that the government should protect the
locals living in the disputed parcels of land in Mwea and Makima and ensure
justice for all during the subdivision.
and nobody will take it away from us .we will use both force and witchcraft to
surpress those who are after taking away our land,”said Sila.
chair Mwea council of elders blamed some senior government officials who
allocated themselves big pieces of land and locked out the locals living in
Mwea land.
that development in Mbeere South has adversely been affected by the perennial
land tussle in the area.
can take in the area until when the government will settle all the land issues.
suspended the issuance of tittle deeds in Mwea settlement scheme in 2018 after
the process became bloody which left one person dead.
land, which has been in dispute for decades, was subdivided in 2016. However,
resettling beneficiaries turned chaotic in 2018 after the squatters resisted
eviction.
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