Police officers are investigating a senior government employee who was caught on camera threatening a family in Narok after a court declared a title deed in his possession illegal.
The official, who works as an administrator in the Ministry of Interior, was reportedly incensed that a court case about a 43-acre piece of land went against him.
He was subsequently caught on video threatening some of the family members and area residents and at some point, he invoked terror threats
“When he came, he removed the tractor that was farming the land. Then we asked him what the problem was.
“He said he will lead his group to ambush us with Al-Shabaab,” noted a distraught Ampayion Laton
Laton is a member of the family that was threatened by the official.
He claimed that he witnessed the government official issue the threats when he lost a court case where he claimed the land was his.
Prior to the threat, the court had ruled that the government employee had bought land in an illegal manner.
It then canceled the official’s title deed and in turn, declared the family as the true owners of the land.
The family stated that since losing the case, the official had sent police officers to surveil the land consistently.
Narok County Commissioner, Isaac Masinde, revealed that he had heard about the case and that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was following up on the matter.
The family called on Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki to reign the official who works in his ministry for using a terror group to threaten the family.
“We have built a house and then he comes and says he will ambush us. We don’t know how he will ambush us because he uttered that he will bring Al-Shabaab to blow us up.
“I am asking President William Ruto and CS Kindiki to intervene,” lamented the family.
