STATEMENT BY KLRINYAGA GOVERNOR H.E. ANNE WAIGURU. E.G.H., O.G.W. ON SUMMONS BY EACC OVER SOUTH NGARIAMA SETTLEMENT SCHEME
9Th SEPTEMBER, 2021
The summons by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) are ill-timed, politically instigated and have nothing to do with the purported investigations on misappropriation of funds. My conviction is based on the following facts:
1. THAT South Ngariama land (approximately 7034 Ha i.e. 17,000 acres) was originally and formally vested into trusteeship of the defunct Kirinyaga County council on 21/06/1965 on behalf of the people of Kirinyaga, pursuant to the provision of the former 1964 Constitution and Trust Lands Act, Cap 285.
2. THAT The land was earmarked for demarcation and allocation to the residents of Kirinyaga County according to the nine (9) Agikuyu clans, part of which was to be designated as public land. The County Council of Kirinyaga was placed as the legally appropriate entity to initiate adjudication process of the land vide the judgment of Meru HCC 71 of 2006 court case.
3. THAT The defunct local authority contracted Geo-acre surveyors to subdivide, allocate and do a cadastral survey/mapping of the same vide memorandum of understanding dated 22nd November, 2006. In so doing, the contractor was to assign land for public utility; for wetland including riparian and the rest to the rightful private owners.
4. THAT the contract sum was Ksh 74M of which the defunct County Council of Kirinyaga i.e., the contracting party only paid Ksh 21 M, leaving an unpaid balance of Ksh 52M.
5. THAT various concerned parties and individuals sought the intervention of the County Assembly to address the above challenges.
I will reveal by next political move and I will join either UDA or ANC
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