Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku revealed on Wednesday, January 1, that there was a scheme to grab land belonging to residents of the county by some rogue land cartels before Christmas.
The land in question is a 46,000-acre Tarosei group ranch, based in Lodokilani in Kajiado West Sub-County, where majority of the members have passed away.
This land is allegedly targeted by certain corrupt land officials to who have sworn to unlawfully acquire it.
According to Governor Ole Lenku, there was an elaborate plan by the cartels to change ownership of the land whose members had passed away over the years.
The members of the ranch now claim that a section of national government administration officers are colluding with land officials in the county to execute the land-grabbing scheme.
The chairman of the ranch, Maimpi Olekatie, and his treasurer were taken ill five years after losing their eyesight through old age.
The members claim that one of the officials in the ranch is spearheading the grabbing, allegedly with the protection of a section of the National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs).
The governor noted the unlawful issuance of the title deeds is what led the residents to block one of the roads, protesting the move they termed unlawful.
The governor has therefore noted that an annual general meeting must be called for members to vote on what they want their land used for in the coming days.
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