Surviving Kiambogo Nyakinyua dancers based in Nakuru county now say that President Uhuru Kenyatta is their only hope to get them title deeds of the over 15,000 acres given to them by the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
Through their area MCA Moses Ndung’u Kamau, the group recently handed Uhuru a copy of a Daily Nation Newspaper published on October 14, 1976, which is their only proof of ownership when the head of state was addressing Nakuru County Assembly on August 14.
"Mr President these Nyakinyua dancers from Elementaita Ward used to entertain your father. They have been waiting for title deeds of the land given to them by founding father of the nation Mzee Jomo Kenyatta. This is a copy of the Daily Nation to prove that indeed they were given the land by Mzee Kenyatta,” said Ndung’u as quoted by Daily Nation.
According to Wanjiku Kamau, a member of the group, the 15, 600 acres Kiambogo farm located about 30km away from Nakuru Town deserves to be theirs as indicated in the 43-year-old newspaper.
“The copy of the Daily Nation acts as the mother title of our land that we were given by Mzee Kenyatta, we have nothing else to prove we own this land. We plead with President Kenyatta to help us get the title deeds of the land which we have been waiting for 43 years,” said Wanjiku Kamau, 100.
Another member of the group, Wambui Kihumbu said that the land was given to them so as to enable them to earn a living.
"Mzee told us the land is not a place to rest or a holiday camp, but to work hard by cultivating and looking after livestock on the farm,” Kihumbu said.
The group used to entertain the late President in his Nakuru State House as well in his Gatundu home.