Raila's Company, Uhuru's Family Land Invaded During Protests [VIDEO]

The individuals were reported to have gained access to the land by breaching the fence from the Kamakis side through the bypass.

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Mar 27, 2023 - 13:56 Updated: Mar 27, 2023 - 14:26
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Raila's Company, Uhuru's Family Land Invaded During Protests [VIDEO]
Unknown people spotted at Uhuru Kenyatta family land on March 27, 2023. /FILE

A group of unknown youth were on Monday, March 27 spotted invading a piece of land belonging to the family of former President Uhuru Kenyatta along the Eastern Bypass.

The individuals were reported to have gained access to the land by breaching the fence from the Kamakis side through the bypass.

In addition, the youth were reported to have carried sheep away from the land with videos showing a number of them, armed with power saws, cutting down the trees planted on the property.

The invasion which was staged on Northlands from the Eastern Bypass side near Kamakis saw the unknown individuals ferrying the sheep using motorcycles while others carried them on their shoulders as they hurriedly exited the area.

The goons also allegedly set the firm on fire but the motive behind the invasion was yet to be established.

Reports indicated that the individuals had accessed the land in the morning hours, land which is part of Kenyatta's family project aiming to establish Northlands City estimated to cost Ksh500 billion. Once completed, the real estate project was expected to have a population of over 250,000 people. 

The project allocated 3,750 acres of the Northerland City for housing, 695 acres for an industrial park, 390 acres for a business district, and 1,697 acres for open recreational space.

The low-density area of the project would include 601 villas and 1,320 townhouses, while the medium-density area would include 670 townhouses and 368 housing units in blocks of flats. Part of it would also be set aside for wildlife conservation and agricultural properties.

The land had been occupied by Kenyatta's dairy processor Brookside, and the family’s livestock-rearing business.

Narok Senator Ledama Olekina earlier claimed goons had been hired to invade the land and subdivide it among themselves, further alleging that the invasion of the Kenyatta family property is a move by the government to push Azimio from holding protests.

Meanwhile, Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga’s East Africa Spectre Limited company along Mombasa Road was invaded by unknown persons, with property destroyed and photos showing vandalised windows.

East Africa Spectre Limited is the leading and largest cylinder manufacturer in the Eastern & Central African region with an installed capacity of about 2 million units per Annum. 

Odinga founded EA Spectre Limited while working at the University of Nairobi’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1971.

According to the LPG cylinder manufacturing and revalidation company’s website, it controls about 20 per cent market share in new LPG cylinder manufacture and over 80 per cent of the revalidation market share.

Broken windows at East Africa Spectre Limited along Mombasa Road. /TWITTER.SETH OLALE