Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama confronted police officers on Saturday, May 23, after he stormed a land parcel reportedly owned by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) located at Komarock, Matungulu Sub-county.
In the video that surfaced online on Sunday, May 24, the former senator insists that the land belonged to the Kamba community and had been occupied by squatters.
Muthama was armed with a court order that he said had been disobeyed but an unidentified officer responding to Mutaham's demands asked for a fresh court order.
"This is the government's land. If you have issues, seek a court solution. From there, if you bring us another court order, we will respect it," stated the officer.
"But you have claimed that you need a court order, why not an existing one?" wondered Muthama.
At some point, the officer stormed out of the confrontation but the unrelenting Muthama followed him to have the issue resolved.
"You should have agreed to talk to me, not the way you are treating me. You ordered, gave a press statement, and left. I am a human being. Your office should serve everybody.
"Allow me to talk, you can arrest or beat me but I will not walk out until I talk to you," stated Muthama before laying his concerns to the officer.
Muthama gave a short history of how the residents acquired the said land parcel.
"Justice should be served and all who have a parcel of land here must be willing to talk with us. We have many squatters in this region and we will not allow anybody to play with this land.
"I arrived here with many leaders after learning that two weeks ago, a group of people was arriving here claiming to have a permit to be allocated this land in Komarock, Matungulu Sub-county," he stated.
"The history of this land is that when we gained independence just like other Kenyans, we bought this land from the whites. It was a parcel measuring 15,000 acres.
"We subdivided it after the surge of the population when we noticed that a company did not have any profits in farming," explained Muthama.
He went ahead to disclose that every member received 100 acres of the parcel including himself.
Dozens of people who had been evicted from Ruai and Mathare had arrived at the parcel on Monday, May 18, claiming that officials from the Ministry of Land had directed them to the property.
The property has been at the center of a tussle between KBC and the Komarock Housing Society.
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