Lenku vows to protect Kibiku land from fraudsters

Kajiado county governor Joseph Ole Lenku has vowed to protect the section of Kibiku land from fraudsters.

Lenku together with a section of other leaders across the county on Friday cautioned Kajiado residents from giving money to conmen.

"Our land is our heritage. There will be no room for fraudsters in the sub-division of the Kibiku land owned by the Keekonyokie community trust in Kajiado West," Lenku said.

The Governor clarified that the county government will facilitate the subdivision of the land in a legal process.

"The 3,000 acres worth over Sh100 billion will be fully protected for its rightful owners," he added.

The 2,640-acre land in is near Ngong town in the Kajiado West constituency. It has a membership of 5,000 people.

Their leaders have been fighting for positions for the last two decades.

A faction led by Moses Monik, which claims to hold a list of incorporated trustees of Keek-Onyokie Community Trust registered by the National Land Commission, said Kibiko’s title was cancelled in 2018.

The faction’s secretary, Lawrence Mbelati, told a church gathering of their members in Kibiko that the title was cancelled after it allegedly emerged “it was issued to a wrong hand”.

But another wing of the community trust led by Moses Parantai that has claimed to have a genuine title immediately dismissed the claims as falsehoods aimed at causing panic among the over 5,000 members.

Mbelati was in the company of a section of trustee members that included Monik, Mamaa ole Kabura, pastor Sammy Nasira and Salash Kirini (chairman of the management board).

They said they are the bona fide elected and registered members of the trust.

“Parantai is moving around with a title that was cancelled long ago by NLC. We are now ready to seek a new title ahead of the subdivision of Kibiko land,” said Mbelati.

He explained the trust does not necessarily require a land title before subdividing the community land to its members.