LAND GRABBING.

LAND GRABBING

JANE MUGAMBI 31ST JAN 2012.

Land belonging to police for the construction of a police station has been grabbed by a private developer in Kirinyaga County.

The land that was given to the police by Kerugoya Municipal council is at the center stage after a private developer claiming to have a title deed moved to court to stop the police from occupying the land.

According to Kutus Central ward Councilor Fredrick Wachira the ½ acre of land that was given to the police by the municipal council has a dispute with a private developer who claims to have been given title deeds by the Lands ministry.

HE said that since the police have been given the allotment letters by the Municipal council, with the members of the public, they assisted the police to fence it.

“We said as Kutus residents we will assist the police in fencing since we want a police station to be built to curb the raising crime in the town” added Cllr. Wachira.

The police post fall sunder police boss Patrick Oduma who said that there were funds that were allocated to build a police station from Gichugu CDF and a cheque of 800,000/- released but it was the money was returned after a dispute ensued delaying the construction of it.

Oduma said that the private developer who claimed that the police land was his has since fenced it but has never consulted with the police even after he learnt that the land had been given to the police.

“The land had been fenced by a private developer but since the municipal council of Kerugoya has given us the necessary documents, we are putting a permanent fence and we are welcoming the private developer to consult with us” added Oduma.

A resident Abubakari Muhamed, the police station will be a relieve to the residents who have fallen in the hands of armed criminals.

HE said that services will be at hand adding that they used to wait for police officers to go to their rescue after attacks from Kerugoya or Kianyaga which is 10 kilometers.

Abunakari also added that the arrears that have accrued from the rental houses that the police stay will be a relief to them saying that a station with houses will be the best for the residents.

“We have 90,000/- rent arrears accrued from the rent houses that the police stay, members of the public have not been paying so with the presence of houses it will be a relieve to us” He added.

Oduma said that the commissioner of police has promised to give them money to add to what the CDF and the 900,000/- from LATF for the construction of the police station.

He said that the town that is growing needs security adding that with the presence of police station it will be easy to fight it.

He also urged the ministry of lands to help them process the documents to avoid the controversies,

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