A widow has expressed frustrations after failing to get access to a Sh 60 million plot in Kibera. Although Anne Chepkorir Atuya has genuine ownership documents for plot L.R No 209/1194; grant number I.R 60233 measuring 0.0821 hectares (about 0.25 acres) for 26 years now, she has been blocked from accessing it.
Her pleas to the Lands ministry and Kilimani police have not helped as the individuals attempting to grab the land have several times stopped Government surveyors from erecting boundary beacons.
In 1999, Chepkorir and her husband Moses Atuya (now deceased) sued members of Kujitolea Women’s Group for trespass after they developed the plot. On March 3, 2008, Justice Kalpana Rawal ordered the six group members to vacate the plot in Ayany estate.
After the conclusion of the case, Chepkorir reported to police and provincial administration that her neighbour had extended his boundary to occupy her plot when the former occupiers granted him possession. He was summoned by then Kibera DO J Mwangala in 2012 and asked to vacate the plot.
[Article source: The Standard, by Geoffrey Mosoku and Cyrus Ombati]
