Commissioner warns land grabbers of revocation of titles.
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Central Regional Commissioner Wilson Njega (left), Thika Town MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina and Thika West DCC Douglas Mutai at the event in Makongeni Thika. |
Central Regional Commissioner Wilson Njega has warned all
those who have grabbed public land within the central region that their title
deeds will be revoked and the land reverted back for public use.
Speaking in Makongeni area Thika West on Wednesday where he
led other administrators in destroying confiscated illicit brews and gambling
machines, Njega also warned that the dreaded Mungiki sect was slowly regrouping
and re-emerging strongly in central Kenya.
A 10-acre piece of land that part of it host Makongeni
Police Station has been on the spot recently, after community policing members
claimed it had been grabbed.
Njega lamented that some politicians in the region have been
funding the outlawed sect saying that the unscrupulous politicians are using
the sect members to amass cash from innocent residents.
He appealed to parents to advise their children who have
already joined the sect that none of them will be spared once the authorities
crack whip.
“We cannot breed criminals just because they are our kids.
Parents must caution their children in earnest before we unleash our wrath on
them,” he said.
Njega recalled that in the wake of the 2007/08 post-election
violence, the outlawed sect carried out numerous merciless killings, extortion
and theft in the region.
“They used to collect money from houses depending on the
size and nature ranging from sh. 200 and
sh. 1000 per month. Also in traditional wedding ceremonies they could demand 10%
of the cash left by the in-laws. This is what they are up to now and we won’t
allow this,” he said.
Thika MP Patrick Wainaina said that the sect members are the
same people who were still brewing illicit liquor with impunity despite the
government’s efforts to end the vice.
The lawmaker pledged to support the authorities in the with
all means to ensure that security is maintained as well as empower them to
combat criminals, illicit brews, outlawed gambling and drugs.
“We must join forces and ensure that sanity is restored in
our region,” Wainaina said.
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