This is FRUSTRATING for Syokimau LAND victims……It is hard to be a KENYAN

The Kenyan DAILY POSTNews11:21

Friday 24^th August 2012- In the most frustrating manner, the homeowners whose houses were demolished in Syokimau for being on Kenya Airports Authority’s land will not be compensated after a forensic audit vetoed the resolution of a parliamentary committee.

“If government were to make payments to these affected persons, it would encourage encroachment and invasion of private property by individuals in the hope of getting similar treatment,” the report boldly states.

Edward Ouko, the Auditor-general however argued that the joint parliamentary committee ignored critical facts when it recommended that the owners of the homes be paid restitution and be resettled.

According to the joint parliamentary committee chaired by Gachoka MP Mutava Musyimi, the government was not party to the sale of the land mostly belonging to the JKIA and Moi Air Base, therefore the government is not mandated to compensate the victims because there is no legal basis to that effect.

The homeowners were given the alternative of searching the individuals and groups that fraudulently sold them the land in their pursuit of justice.

“The affected individuals should claim restitution based on the existing contracts between themselves and those from whom they purportedly bought the properties,” the report says.

“Mavoko Municipal Council and the Ministry of Lands should refund all irregular charges levied and received from affected persons in respect of the parcel of land in Syokimau.”

The committee came up with a list of suspects who may in one way or another have been involved in defrauding the members of the public. The suspects include:

1.       The Directors and shareholders of Uungani Jumbo

2.      Mulolongo Brothers

3.      Foster and Uungani properties in Syokimau area

4.      Former Mavoko council Town Clerk

5.      The District Lands Officer and Physical Planning Officer at Machakos Lands office

6.      The commissioner of Lands in office in 2001, officials of the department of survey and former Moi Airbase officers

He asked the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) to liaise with the CID to identify and freeze assets of group officials who fraudulently acquired money from the public. 

The Kenyan DAILY POST