By The Weekly Vision Team
The Secretary of Mwana Mukia Co-operative Society in Kiambu Susan Kamau has clarified that the society owns 139 acres of Kabuku Farm in NgechaTigoni and not the 2,767 acres in Limuru as reported in a section of the media. She said the society bought the farm from a White lady settler in the mid-1970s.
“We wish to set the record straight that Mwana Mukia does not own 2,767 acres as it was alleged by the report which also erroneously referred to the society as a land buying company, “This is a society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act and not a land buying company as reported. The farm was bought by shareholders from Lady Marjorie Carlton, a White settler in 1974 and we did not acquire more land in the area,” said Ms Kamau in a statement.
However, she commended the Kiambu county government under Governor Kimani Wamatangi for intervening and fast-tracking the verification process and issuance of title deeds to the 970 shareholders. “We also appreciate the efforts initiated by area MCA Patrick Ngaruiya who had requested our chairman to mobilize all our members who did not have title deeds for processing of the vital land ownership documents,” Ms Kamau stated.
The official also said the society has settled more than 10,000 members in its other five parcels of land located in Kiambu, Nairobi and Murang’a counties. Last week, Governor Wamatangi issued land titles to 414 members of the society who had waited for over 30 years. During the exercise, the county chief asked the national government to adopt electronic titling of land ownership documents. He observed that e-titling reduces the risks of counterfeiting documents and other related fraudulent activities in land transactions.
Wamatangi also said his administration was in the process of helping process title deeds in other sub-counties including, Ruiru, Juja and Thika.
