Cry for the land where the fore father were ejected becomes louder

The Mountain Journal

The colonial white settlers evicted, murdered tens of fore fathers to claim part of their ancestral land now under control of Delmonte Kenya Limited.

After they were evicted the settlers planted sisal in the early twenties and thirties before it was converted to pineapple plantations.

Today, Kandara Residents Association led by Geoffrey Kairu is pursuing land for the interest of the displaced forefathers through their descendants' majority squeezed in Gachagi village near Thika.

 According to historians,  after they were evicted brutally , Kairu says they were made slaves in their farms.

“Our grandparents and parents , who survived mau mau war were finally pushed upward past Makenji and others forced to free to Ndunyu ya Ngewa ( Thika town) to give room for peanaples plantation by Kenya Canners in during the emergency period,” said Kairu..

  As a result of forceful eviction, generation to generation have never had good education and good jobs, majorities still living in Thika slums and small plots in Kihiu Mwiri, small farms in Makenji,kabati among others.

 This is what has brought the current situation between the Company and the locals.

 The Company must respect locals rights to live and give back Land to original owners  for the future coexistence.

Delmonte is our land, our heritage and our future existence.

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