Agency opens talks on paying Kajiado road land owners
Monday, June 22, 2020 0:01
By JAMES KARIUKI
National Land Commission chairman Gershom Otachi.
FILE PHOTO | NMG
Individuals and institutions owning 18 parcels of land along Ngong-Kiserian-Isinya corridor have been invited for compensation talks next month as the State races to complete its first annuity road.
In a notice, the National Land Commission (NLC) chairman Gershom Otachi said the Kenya Rural Roads Authority had asked the commission to facilitate acquisition of the parcels of land for public use.
The move comes immediately after last week’s admission by road and civil engineering firm, Intex Construction, that efforts to finish the remaining three kilometres of the annuity road had been delayed by land acquisition.
Last week, when Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia and Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku led top government officials to inspect the project, Intex Construction chairman Kishan Gehlot said they were on course to complete the road this year.
