Two families in Chinga Ward in Nyeri want the county government stopped from creating an access road through their land.
Daniel Kimondo Kiiria and Joseph Munene have, on behalf of the families, sued claiming due process was not followed in annexing their land for the project.
They claim on March 16, 2014, the county government, led by Chinga MCA Paul Ngiria, invaded their land Chinga/Kiaguthu 679 and 740, without their consent.
It was on the instruction of the area MCA, the two noted, that a tractor owned by the county government entered and dug their land. But in its response, the county justified its action, accusing Kiiria and Munene of encroaching a road reserve that had been in existence since 1997.
On March 19, 2014, Nyeri Environment and Land court issued orders restraining the county and the MCA from creating a road through the families’ parcel of land pending the hearing of the suit.
Last May 30, Justice Lucy Waithaka ordered the Nyeri land registrar to visit the parcels and determine the boundaries within 30 days. But the orders were ignored.
The respondents, however, said in the event the road was not made the public would suffer prejudice as they would not be able to access public facilities like schools and churches.
[Article source: The Standard, by Nderitu Gichure]
