Nandi Hills Member of Parliament (MP) Benard Kitur has led 140 families from Kimasas to reclaim back their land after they recently won the case over its ownership.
The families are members of the Kimasas Cooperative Society. They have got their land back after a 42-year battle formalized by a petition first filed in 2018.
Speaking at Kimasas during the repossessing of the land, Kitur said the Multinational Tea Company by name Eastern Produce Kenya (EPK) had lost all the counts as per the court rulings with the third ruling in a row being made at Kapsabet Environment and Land Court.
Kitur commended Nandi County Governor Stephen Sang for playing a significant role in the Kimasas Land case as well as the government of Kenya, to ensure justice prevails.
“This community that had purchased 550 acres of land had been given 200 acres and today they have come for the remaining 350 acres. EPK appealed in high court Nairobi but they lost. They again went ahead to do a judicial review in the Environment and Land court at Kapsabet where they equally lost. So they have lost in all the counts” pointed the legislator.
“We want to thank the government of Kenya which values both the rich and the poor. Justice is the tenet of the government of the Kenya Kwanza,” he added.
Kitur called on the Nairobi chief land registrar to expedite the court decision, that they immediately cancel the title deed and transfer it to the Kimasas Cooperative Society.
Kimasas Cooperative Society chairman Daniel Biwott on behalf of the quarters commended the court for exercising justice adding that the owners of the land have now gained the opportunity to benefit from their land.
“We as Kimasas Cooperative Society are excited to reclaim our lost land. We have battled for several years but now we have a reason to celebrate. We appreciate our courts for enduring justice for the less fortunate in society,” the chairman said adding that now with the land they will be in a position to afford school fees as well as sustain their families.