The newly appointed Cabinet Secretary for Land, Farida Karoney, has been caught up in a land dispute moments after he took oath as the CS.
The CS is tussling over a 16- acre property with a family of a former Member of County Assembly (MCA) Amos Korir.
The dispute between the two groups intensified on February 12, when senior resident magistrate, Kesse Cherono, issued orders for the land to be surveyed and fenced a directive which was resisted by the MCA's family claiming ownership.
Moments after Karoney's swearing-in on Friday, Mosoriot OCS, Nicholas Pera, led a group of officers to effect the court order, a move which was largely condemned by the family.
The family got the support of the villagers who noted that the right thing to do was to wait for the final ruling on the case.
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The property is registered as Nandi/Kamoiywo, and Karoney has the documents to prove that she bought it in 2017 from one Linus Kogo.
After buying the land, she moved to court seeking to take ownership, a move that was challenged by Korir's family in court.
The farm was originally owned by the late Maria Chelagat, who is said to have sold a section of the land to the MCA's family.
"Our family has lived here for so many years without any dispute. Karoney may have been duped into buying the land without getting proper facts.
"All we want is justice. We respect court orders but we must be heard because all the villagers know the land belongs to our family," he stated.
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Eventually, the police guarded the land as surveyors demarcated it following an agreement between the parties.
