Grabbers of public land in Koma location of Machakos county have been put on notice of being forcefully evicted from the land they have grabbed.
Speaking during a development consultative meeting with the area residents in Kantafu,Matungulu West MCA Raphael Lucky Nzau said that several public land has been grabbed by people making it impossible for construction of public utilities and roads.
Also present in the meeting were land officials from Machakos county government serving in Matungulu sub county.
“Securing these public utilities is not just about reclaiming land, it is about laying the foundation for sustainable infrastructural and economic development in our area.
By safeguarding spaces for education, recreation, and other essential services, we are investing in the future of our children and the well-being of our entire community,” said the MCA.
He thanked the land officials who he added that through their expertise and commitment was instrumental in successfully mapping out and securing five crucial public lands designated for a nursery school, public school and playing field which had previously been grabbed.
“I am also immensely thankful to the Kantafu,India and Malaa community for their overwhelming turnout and active participation at the local chief camp.
Your engagement and hospitality were pivotal in ensuring the success of this exercise,”Nzau said.
He added that the community’s involvement and support in marking the grabbed land with beacons underscored their collective commitment to protecting and promoting public utilities.
The MCA said that the issue of land grabbing has led to the area not developing because of the problem of public land grabbing.
“This area has no ground for children playing,public market and expansion of roads to the villages because some people have grabbed public land and whenever the county or national governments come with an intention to set up a public project they are unable to,”said Nzau.
The meeting had been called following a cry by the area residents on poor network in the area especially the one connecting Misuuni market and Kangundo road through KBC police station that residents claimed was in bad shape.
“Our road is in horrible state and its always impassable during the rainy season which makes it impossible for people working in Nairobi city or wishing to connect other places like Tala, Kangundo or Malaa market and it needs an urgent address of it,” said area resident Jane Shiramba.
Police in the area too had complained of not being able to access the interior of India and Jericho areas whenever a security alarm is raised on time due to the bad state of the road from the police station which its tarmac is worn out and has never been repaired for many years.
A one kilometer tarmac stretch road from KBC police station to KBC mast which the locals say it was carpeted in early 1990`s has never been repaired for many years while the 4.5 kilometers rough road that the residents themselves constructed and connects it with the one that joins the Kantafu-Misuuni road has no murram.
“We kindly urge the MCA and the county government to help us murram this road so that we can be able to pass through it when it rains.
This is a very important and key road in this area,” narrated India village elder Timothy Masio.
The MCA assured them that he will help in the construction of the road and also help in the purchase and installation of a few street lights on different roads in the area as a way of curbing insecurity along some roads which the residents said had started being witnessed in the area.
“I am aware the population in Koma location continues to grow because this location borders Nairobi county and I will partner with you people to repair roads in this location.
Also along this roads there are reports of thugs attacking people at night and every early in the morning I will install a few street lights on them,” added the MCA.
The meeting was also informed that a public borehole had been sunk in someone’s private home during the tenure of the first county Governor Alfred Mutua who is a nominee for the position of cabinet secretary for Labour.
Nzau admitted that it was wrong for a public project to be done on someone`s private land and promised to make a follow up on the matter after he was informed that the land owner was denying area residents of drawing water from it.
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