Home owners told to table documents
What you need to know:
- Mr Kosgey said that many unsuspecting people may have been duped into buying the land, which he said belongs to the veterinary department.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Kosgey has asked developers who have genuine documents proving they own land in a controversial plot in Nairobi’s South B estate to present them for scrutiny.
Mr Kosgey said that many unsuspecting people may have been duped into buying the land, which he said belongs to the veterinary department.
“There are people who are innocent in this whole saga, especially the second, third even fourth buyers,” he said at a news conference in Nairobi on Monday.
“We at the same time invite the others to court failure to which we will bring down their structures,” he added.
A number of investors have constructed several properties on the controversial parcel of land including a multi-billion estate - the Diamond Park Estate and the magnificent Winners Chapel.
Should the government move ahead with plans to repossess the land and demolish property on it, they may lose Sh16 billion.
Said Mr Kosgey: “We shall not allow the country to be held hostage by people who do not want us to expand our institutions. Those who feel they have genuine documents should come for discussions with us.”
He said they had plans to expand the veterinary department on the land including the construction of a factory to produce vaccines for livestock.
“We will spend up to Sh2 billion to upgrade the production system of vaccines. We currently produce only 18 million doses. Our aim is to triple this,” he went on.
The director of the Diamond Park Housing Company, Mohammed Khalif Ali recently said the firm bought the land from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in 2003.
