[Source: The Standard, by Kennedy Gachuhi]
The county’s Lands department has been directed to recover grabbed land meant for the expansion of a home for the elderly.
Governor Lee Kinyanjui said the recovery process of Alms House land had been initiated, targeting private developers, who have established homes on a bigger section of the property.
The home was established in 1945 to provide a safe haven for the elderly. For years the home’s 2.25 acres have been easy target for grabbers, leaving it squeezed on less than half-an-acre.
The encroachment of the public land has left the elderly with no space for recreation.A part of its perimeter wall was also vandalized years ago by suspected land grabbers.
Mr Kinyanjui spoke during the ground breaking ceremony for a new residential block at the facility, which is being constructed at a cost of Sh6 million factored in the 2019/20 financial year budget.
