Kakamega County Governor Wycliffe Oparanya has appealed to the National Lands Commission (NLC) to facilitate the county to repossess public land illegally allocated to senior civil servants.
The governor observed that plots in Kakamega town were illegally allocated to civil servants who are now demanding compensation after the county initiated the process of repossessing them.
โWe are battling court cases where public officers allocated plots illegally are demanding compensation. Land issues are very emotive noting that this has caused Counties to face many problems in their bid to put public land into use,โ said governor Oparanya.
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โWe have areas like Mumias where the Government compensated people to move out of the land but those people came back and settled on those plots,โ he added.
The county head also pointed out that there are areas like Mumias town where the government compensated people to move out of the land only for them to return and resettle on those plots. He asked NLC to assist his administration to acquire leases for several plots for development.
On their part, Mr Tiya Galgalo, NLC Commissioner assured the Governor that the Commission will support the County in handling and resolving land issues to enable the County repossess idle plots for development.
โWe will fast track the process so that we resolve some of the land issues in the County,โ said Galgalo.
