STORY By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
With Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen terming land conflict along Kitui and Tana River counties an emotive issue, the matter needs an urgent solution. While speaking on Thursday during a tour of Kitui County for the Jukwaa La Usalama Forum, Murkomen noted that the boundary dispute between the two neighboring counties was now a serious security nightmare.
The Interior and National National Administration CS pointed out that there are quite a number of counties across Kenya which have boundary disputes and Parliament should come in to offer a solution. "We are faced with a challenge of county boundaries. This cannot be left to security apparatus alone. It has to be taken to Parliament to ensure boundaries are properly demarcated", said CS Murkomen.
The CS said non-local residents had illegally occupied Mwingi and South Kitui National Reserves. They are from Garissa, Tana River, Isiolo and Wajir counties. They are the people facing evictions.
Murkomen announced there would be eminent mass evictions of Kenyans who illegally occupy game reserves warning that no one will be spared after being found to have invaded the reserves. "We want all people out of the game reserves because that is causing the proliferation of illegal firearms in the country. It is also causing conflict among local people".
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