[Source: Daily Nation, by George Munene]
Kirinyaga County leaders want the findings of the Chesoni commission on the controversial 54,000-acre Mwea Trust land made public.
They expressed concerns that the government has taken too long to release the findings, yet tension continues to mount over the disputed land.
The dispute over the ownership of the land has been raging for decades, pitting residents of Embu and Kirinyaga counties.
Led by the Jubilee Party Vice Chairman Mureithi Kang’ara, the Kirinyaga leaders said releasing the report will end the protracted land row that has claimed lives and left other people maimed.
Former Ndia MP Kinyua Mbui noted that the commission was set up in 1990s through the directives of former president Daniel arap Moi to address the dispute surrounding the land.
The commission, which sat in Kerugoya, sought views from locals and compiled a report which is now gathering dust as the different groups claiming ownership of the land continue fighting.
In the past, several other people have died in chaos over the disputed land which is located in Embu County.
[Full article: Daily Nation, by George Munene]
