President Ruto orders Non- developed Athi River Land Titles Revoked.
Speaking at the launch of Square Pharmaceuticals Kenya at the Export Processing Zones (EPZ) in Athi River, The head of state called for revoking of title deeds in Undeveloped Lands at Athi River.
He also ordered that parcel of land that was grabbed from the East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) be returned to EPZ.
He stated,” I have given clear instructions to the management here that all speculators, people who have held titles to pieces of land for 10, 15, 20, 30 years without developing them, should be revoked so that we can give it to people who want to use this facility.”
“I am informed that we now have an extra 250 acres of land that were originally occupied by speculators and we can bring additional pieces of land, additional space into the manufacturing space here in EPZ, Athi River,” he added.
He expressed that return of the Lands, will help the government expand its projects that will be beneficial to the people of Kenya.
He said,”We have now been cleared by the courts on the land that is adjacent to EPZ that belong to Portland Cement. My instructions are we will take either 1,000 or 1,500 of that land and make it part of EPZ so that we can create more space for more companies to set camp in Kenya”
“ I implore companies setting up camp in Kenya to look at the opportunities that exist in the East African community where we have close to 400 million people and to look at the opportunities in COMESA and look at combined opportunities in the Continent,” he added.
On matters water shortage, The president highlighted that the area will soon have enough water upon completion of the construction of the Northern Collector Tunnel.
He stated,”It was brought to my attention that the residents are facing challenges in accessing water so I have given orders to the Ministry of Water to ensure the Northern Collector Tunnel engaged in its construction is completed. We are at the tail end and working on a dedicated pipeline to Athi River so that residents and companies have access to support manufacturing in this space.”
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