Kiambu County Government has been accused of disregarding a directive by the National Land Commission to resurvey public land occupied by Del Monte.
The Commission gave the directive last year where the County Government was supposed to carry out a fresh survey to determine the size of unused land by the food processing company.
According to the directive, once the surplus land was identified, it was to be shared between the County Government and Kandara Residents Association.
The Commission had further directed that once the survey is complete, the residents association would get 70% of the idle land while the County Government would get 30%.
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It’s estimated that about 22,000 acres land stretching from Kiambu to Murang’a is leased to De Monte, with about 7,500 acres said to be idle.
The association’s Kiambu chapter presented a petition to the Kiambu County Assembly Committee on Planning and Urbanization saying Del Monte is occupying large chunks of land illegally.
Committee Chairman Elijah Njoroge said they were unable to implement the directive due to County leadership issues that culminated in the ouster of former Governor Ferdinand Waititu.
He assured the petitioners that the County Government will now expedite the petition and shall invite all stakeholders to make their presentations.
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