Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph
Nkaissery has asked Lands colleague Charity Ngilu and National Land
Commission (NLC) chairman Mohammed Swazuri to name the alleged grabber
of a public school's land in Lang’ata before the end of Thursday.
He said President Kenyatta would take action against them if they failed to do so by then.
Maj-Gen
(Rtd) Nkaissery, who revealed that he had ordered the use of the
National Youth Service to clear the compound Wednesday, said the two
were likely to face unspecified action from the Head of State if they
did not make public the individual(s) who wanted to grab the piece of
land.
“I want to tell my colleague Honourable (Charity)
Ngilu and the chairman of the land commission to ensure that they tell
Kenyans by today or by tomorrow who are the owners of the Lang'ata
land,” said Mr Nkaissery.
He spoke after he opened the
Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference on
the Great Lakes Region at the Laico Regency Hotel in Nairobi.
“We
want to know who tried to grab the land and they must come out quite
clearly. If they really know the people, they should tell the public.
“The
National Youth Service are clearing as I promised. If Ngilu and Swazuri
fail, there are consequences. I am not their employer, but there are
consequences,” said the CS, who represented the President at the
function.
USE THEIR OFFICES
However,
the Ministry of Interior quickly sent a statement to clarify the
remarks made by the CS, who was appointed one month ago to take over
from Mr Joseph ole Lenku.
The statement sent by the
ministry’s spokesman, Mwenda Njoka, said the CS wanted Ms Ngilu and Dr
Swazuri to use their offices to tell Kenyans who the alleged grabber
was.
“The CS indicated that Kenyans are anxious to
know the identity of the grabbers and requested fellow Cabinet Secretary
Charity Ngilu (Lands, Housing and Urban Development) and the Chairman
of the National Land Commission Dr Mohammed Swazuri to use their offices
to provide Kenyans with this information,” said Mr Njoka.
The spokesman indicated that Mr Nkaissery did not intend to give the duo an ultimatum.
“Nkaissery’s
remarks were in no way intended to be an ultimatum and should not be
quoted as such. His remarks were a request from one cabinet secretary to
another,” he said.
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