Over 3,000 fish-mongers around Lake Naivasha want the government to acquire one of the largest corridors leading to Karagita landing beach.
The traders and leaders said the closure of the corridor could lead to massive job losses to tens of families who relied on the lake for their daily bread.
The move follows a ruling by the high court in Nakuru that the controversial corridor located off the Moi South Lake road and into the beach was a private property.
Speaking after holding a meeting at the beach, the traders expressed their fears over the ownership of the corridor and called on the county to intervene.
Area MCA Njuguna Njenga termed the ruling as shocking adding that they had already filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal.
The Hellsgate ward MCA said colonial maps clearly indicated that the disputed parcel of land was a corridor and wondered how the investor came to own it.
“This beach is the mainstay of thousands of people in Karagita estate and its closure means that families will sleep hungry,” he said.
According to former Lakeview MCA Simon Wanyoike, the only solution to the dispute was through compulsory acquisition as envisaged in the law.
“We are calling on the national government to come to the rescue of these families by compulsory acquiring this corridor,” he said.