There was drama in Naivasha after staff from Delemere Estates and a private developer engaged in a heated argument over the ownership of a piece of land along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
Police had to move in and quell the tension between the two rival groups after the developer began putting up structures on the controversial four acre land.
This came as the saga surrounding the ownership of the four acre piece of land took a new twist after the developer of Madisurp Investments Company produced ownership documents as the Delemere Estates residents insist that the land in question had never been sold.
Speaking to the journalists, the Estate’s Managing Director Nelson Rotich said the land has always been under the management of the Delemere family.
Rotich said the developer arrived over the weekend and threatened some staff who were working on the land at the time prompting them to inform the police.
“We are dealing with a case where goons raided our land and began putting some structures and we had to raise the issue with the police," said Rotich.
According to him, the Delemere family had all the ownership documents adding that the goons were trying to grab the land.
“This land is under free hold title and we do not know how the developer arrived here and put up several structures," he added.
However, a director with the company by the name Joseph Nduati said that they bought the land 15 years ago and they wanted to develop it.
While showing documents of ownership, Nduati said they had received the necessary documents of approval from the Nakuru county government to start putting up the structures.
“This land measuring four acres is Naivasha municipality block 2/883 and we acquired it several years back and time has come for us to develop it," said Ndwati.
For the last one month, private developers have invaded the lake side town grabbing several prime plots with the Delemere one being the latest.
A fortnight ago, members of the Maasai community invaded a parcel of the nearby KARLO land claiming that it was their ancestral land.
And last week, the High Court ordered members of the Isahakia community to move out of a disputed land also belonging to KARLO.