Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and his administration are collaborating with the National Land Commission (NLC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to reclaim parcels of unlawfully acquired land.
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00:00 our partners in this mission,
00:03 where we have said that we have to recover all public land,
00:07 which has been previously taken or grabbed
00:12 by people who are not deserving
00:14 or people who thought that they were better
00:15 than the rest of the One Inch.
00:18 And the collaboration we've had
00:21 between the National Land Commission,
00:23 collaboration that we have with the DCI
00:26 and other organs is bearing fruit.
00:28 We've started to receive titles
00:30 and today from National Land Commission,
00:31 we are receiving six title deeds.
00:34 Among the others that we've received elsewhere.
00:37 And we are saying that these title deeds,
00:40 which have been surrendered,
00:42 one was for an open space,
00:45 Tinganga Shiana Block 1, 740, it was open space.
00:48 This is where you build a classroom for people.
00:51 This is where you build parking for people.
00:53 This is where you build other public facilities
00:57 like dispensaries, when it is an open space for a One Inch.
01:02 There's another one that has been surrendered,
01:04 which had been hitherto grabbed, it was for a cattle dip.
01:08 There's another one that was for a spring.
01:10 Spring, this is where you give public water.
01:13 That's where you would tap water to feed the entire,
01:17 to water the entire community.
01:19 We've also received the title deed
01:22 and we also have received Tinganga Shiana Block 1,
01:27 2170, that was also another open space.
01:30 And Tinganga Shiana Block 1, 220, which was a market.
01:35 Market for our women.
01:36 And that is why we are saying
01:38 that I want to take this opportunity
01:41 to specifically thank the National Land Commission,
01:43 because they've done a good job.
01:46 They've been vigilant and worked hand in hand with us.
01:48 I want to thank the DCI's office,
01:50 and other leaders within the community,
01:53 the County Commissioner's office,
01:55 who have worked with us to ensure
01:58 that we are recovering all public land.
02:01 Surrender public land,
02:03 which we have evidence and documentation
02:05 to show that it is public land,
02:08 which they have refused to return.
02:11 We shall initiate the mechanisms to recover the land.
02:14 And we have no doubt about it,
02:17 that we shall recover that land
02:18 and it will be put to the right use.
02:20 That is the way it's supposed to be.
02:22 And the Kiambu, we are strict about
02:25 the following of public rule.
02:26 And we are the government right now.
02:29 So we shall ensure that if it is public land,
02:32 the burden of proof lies with the person
02:35 who is claiming it is his, not vice versa.
02:37 Because you know, people have been sitting on land
02:40 which they took cunningly,
02:42 and then they pretend that the burden of proof
02:45 is on the government.
02:46 It is on them to prove that it is land that they bought.
02:48 If you bought genuinely, we have no issue.
02:50 If you inherited genuinely, we have no issue.
02:53 But if you took land that you know does not belong to you,
02:56 belongs to Raya, then you have a problem with us.
02:59 (silence)
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