City Hall Repossesses 18 Acres Of Public Land From Grabbers

 

The Nairobi County Government reclaims 18 acres of prime public land at Junction of Kiambu road and northern bypass from land grabbers.

The action was take by City Hall enforcers with the assistance of police against the private developers who had encroached in the parcel.

“The land in question is County Government land for development of public facilities for use by local residents. The prime parcel of land was surrendered & set aside for development of public amenities which includes market, school, hospital, health facility, football pitch and social hall,” Acting County Secretary, Patrick Analo stated.

“Private developers had since developed two petrol stations, car bazaars, eateries, beauty shops, pharmacies, and other businesses.”

A team of officers from the County’s Urban planning department, Security Compliance & armed police were on site today to issue demolition notices against the illegal developments.

“The County will move forward to demolish all illegal developments upon expiry of this enforcement notice issued in accordance to the physical and land use planning Act (PLUPA 2019) and the building code,” Lands Chief Officer Cecilia Koigu stated.

Governor Sakaja Johnson has already established a task force of county officials with support from the National Lands commission, which is tasked with identifying and repossessing all public land in various of the city including Karen,Kasarani,
Tassia, Mwiki, Roysambu, Kilimani, Runda & all other affected areas.

“Recently the County government demolished an illegal nursery school in Upperhill The county government has stopped all illegal development on public land in Tassia, Clay city & Kimathi estate in Eastlands.We call upon city dwellers with information on public land grabbed to volunteer to County Government so that its reposessed and developed for public use,” Analo stated.   BY CAPITAL NEWS