Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika recruited a lawyer to argue the case of a grandmother who was detained at Nyahururu Women's Prison in a protected land dispute with her family members.
Kihika, on Wednesday, August 12, also offered to foot the Ksh200,000 cash bail the court ordered her to pay.
While reacting to a video of the woman that went viral, the governor sympathised with the 75-year-old after learning that her sons were also placed in custody.
"Oh my goodness, where is this? Is she still being detained? I am willing to send a lawyer to her and her sons and help pay any required bail, this is not right," the governor stated.
In the video, the woman claimed that she owned the land in contention.
The 75-year-old expressed concern over the well-being of the children she left behind in the house, who she argued were stranded with no adult to fend for them.
"I have the original title deed of the land which I got in 1974. My home has been left with no one and we have other kids there who I pay for their fees. There's no one to take care of them," she pleaded.
Kenyans.co.ke reached out to musician Karangu Muraya, who first posted the video.
Muraya confirmed that the woman was held at Nyahururu Prison for over a month after her own relatives accused her of trespassing on their land.
"The granny was arrested on September 5 after her relatives reported her to the police. The bail was set at Ksh200,000, which she was unable to pay.
"I will be heading to Nyahururu tomorrow as I await communication from Governor Kihika," Muraya disclosed.
The musician also confirmed that Kihika and Laikipia women representative, Jane Kagiri intervened in the granny's case.
