County receives title deed for repossessed 250 acre land – KBC

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has received the title deed for a 250 acre piece of land repossessed from a grabber.

While receiving the Thigirici land ownership document on Monday, Waiguru said that it was a significant moment for Kirinyaga County given that the land has come back to the public after a protracted court battle pitting the Government and a private developer.

She said that the public land which is in Ndia constituency had illegally ended up in the hands of an individual through collusion between the developer and some officers in the defunct local authority.

“We have gone through a long process of litigation and finally we have the 250 acres in the name of the County Government, this means we can now go ahead and establish an industrial park as earmarked in the County’s development master plan.

The Governor said the industrial park will become a powerful manufacturing hub that will serve the County as well as the larger Mt. Kenya region.

“The park will become the center of manufacturing and processing, spurring economic development and supporting infrastructure such as hotels and real estate” She said, noting that the development will have a massive economic impact on the wellbeing of County residents.

Waiguru added that farmers from the County will have a wider market for their produce as well as additional income from value addition.

She said the industrial park will be strategically placed as the land is just next to the Sagana Railway Station and comes after the region’s railway transport system was revived.

At the same time, the Governor warned anyone occupying public land to return it out of their own free will reiterating that the County Government will ensure that all public land is repossessed.

Waiguru revealed that the County Government has recovered more parcels of land including 200 acres in South Ngariama which has been set aside for construction of public utilities such as a university, a health facility and recreational areas.

At the same time she said the process of issuing titles to bonafide owners of the 17,000 acre South Ngariama land is underway.