By James Wakahiu
A storm is brewing between residents of Section 9 Estate and two area sitting Members of County Assembly (MCAs) over a piece of land set aside for children’s playground and recreational activities.
The residents have expressed their disappointment with two MCAs whom they accused of being behind a scheme to grab the land.
They alleged the two leaders came in a company of several senior county government officials and performed what was assumed as surveying and collecting data on the ground.
Those who enquired what the visit was all about were rudely responded to by one of the MCAs who told them that the county government was in the process of ‘putting the idle piece of land into a better and more productive use’.
“As the custodians of public interests in this town, it is very unfortunate that those entrusted to safeguard public utilities are the first people to try and acquire them illegally,” said Abdi Nassir Ali Kabati, a resident of Section 9. Abdi said that attempts to grab the parcel of land runs down several decades but were thwarted by the residents through his late father and the current Kiambu County Assembly Speaker MP Stephen Ndichu who was the then area MP.
Ali Kabati served as a councillor to the defunct Thika Municipal Councils for over four decades and was once its deputy mayor.
