County Government and plot owners in a row

A legal tussle has emerged in Nanyuki between Laikipia County Government and plot owners in Muthaiga estate.

The tussle followed declaration by the county government that the houses were sold unprocedurally to the present owners. Plot owners, Francis Ndegwa,  Stephen Gakuu, Esther Wanja and Peter Mukora moved to Nanyuki court  and obtained orders restraining the  county government from  taking over their properties.

 Local Principal Magistrate Ben Mararo issued the orders restraining Governor Ndiritu Muriithi led county government from evicting the applicants from their houses sitting on a parcel of land the devolved government is claiming ownership.

 The order by the court reads” the applicants and the defendant to desist from interfering with the parcels of land and houses listed as Nanyuki Block 6/186, UNS Residential Plots numbers "C" and "D" and UNS Residential Plot number "F" situated behind the Governor’s offices until the matter is heard and determined.

"...the defendant/ applicant, his agents, employees, servants or anyone claiming through him be and are hereby restrained by a temporary injunction from selling, transferring, charging, developing, wasting,

damaging, evicting tenants or howsoever interfering in any way with those parcels of land pending the hearing and determination of this application.”

 The court ordered the matter to be heard on August 18.