President Uhuru Kenyatta came to the aid of six farmers in Murang'a County who had written a letter to him complaining of illegal grabbing of their land by the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA).
The letter dated Monday, April 26, revealed the farmers' woes as they accused KERRA of illegally trying to put up a public access road on their land.
The Murang'a residents alleged that administrators and politicians had colluded with KERRA in order to grab the land.
In a rejoinder, Uhuru directed Murang'a County commissioner Mohammed Barre to offer an immediate solution and ensure the land belonging to the locals is not interfered with.
Central Region Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga affirmed that the situation had gotten out of hand before Uhuru's intervention.
"We are happy too that the President intervened and saved our land," one of the locals stated.
This is not the first time Uhuru has intervened in a land dispute. Recently, he gave the Ministry of Lands 21 days to solve a disputed 56,000-acre ranch in Narok County.
The Head of State directed Lands Principal Secretary Nicholas Muraguri to lead a team of surveyors to the land in a bid to solve the pertinent issue.
"The President has ordered the Ministry of Lands, the office of the county government to work together and solve the 40-year standoff between members of this group ranch with 21 days and prepare their titles for issuance in July," Muraguri stated.
Further, the President had also requested a section of Isiolo residents to withdraw cases they had filed in court against the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).
Isiolo residents had accused the KDF 78 Batallion of forcefully evicting them by destroying their structures at night.
Agriculture CS Peter Munya delivered Uhuru's message to the locals assuring them that the government would help them preserve their land.
