A family of ten is seeking justice after they were inhumanely evicted from their house which they have lived in since 1990 in Maella area of Naivasha.
The family has been forced to spend the night in the cold for the last one month as the land crisis in the clash torn area came back to haunt members of the troubled Ng’ati farm.
Last year, a task force formed by the county government of Nakuru called for the revocation of some title deeds in the area that has recorded bloody clashes over the ownership of the farm.
The report further recommended that former directors of the farm buying company be investigated over the manner that they dished out parcels of the land to their cronies.
And months later, one of the poor families has been forced to spend the nights in the cold after they were kicked from their home by an influential trader in the area.
According to Njung’e Gacheru, he acquired the residential plot from his father in 1990 and moved in with his family after acquiring all the documents from the land buying company.
A bitter Gacheru said that he had all the legal documents proving ownership of the plot and wondered how the other party got their documents too.
“We have lived on this parcel of land for over 30 years only to be forcefully kicked to the streets where we are now living,” he said.
While calling for justice, Gacheru accused some members of the provincial administration of working with the grabbers to deny him justice.
This was echoed by his wife Margaret Njung’e who told of the pain that they were undergoing as they slept in the cold.
Tears flowing down her cheeks, she said that they knew no other home as she called on the Ministry of Lands to come to their rescue.
“All our personal effects were destroyed during the eviction and we have been turned into squatters next to what we know as our home,” she said,
Former Maella MCA Mujing’a Kariuki blamed the current crisis on former directors of Ng’ati farm who had issued double allotment letters leading to the eviction of the family.
He noted that there was no court order when the family was evicted and called on intervention from the necessary government officers.
“The county formed a task force to investigate how this land was sub-divided and part of their recommendations was revocation of some title deeds issued by the former directors,” he said.