Naivasha MP John Kihagi has accused Lake View MCA Simon Wanyoike of being used by land cartels in Naivasha to fight him politically.
Speaking in Naivasha town Wednesday, Kihagi said that Wanyoike has been opposing his efforts to stop land grabbing in Naivasha and claimed that the MCA is protecting the interests of land grabbers.
He accused the MCA of spreading propaganda against him by saying that the MP has grabbed land in Naivasha.
“I want to tell the lake view MCA that I have been a land activist and I am a surveyor by profession and that there is nothing new he can teach me about lands which I do not know. Instead of joining me to fight for the rights of our people he is busy spreading propaganda about me and collaborating with land cartels in Naivasha.”
“Let him be told that his noises will not stop me from doing what is right and this land grabbing war in Naivasha must be worn with or without him,” said Kihagi.
But in a quick rejoinder Wanyoike said that Kihagi is one of the beneficiaries of illegal allocations of land in Naivasha and asked him to come clear and say what he knows about the land grabbing in Lakeview estate.
“Kihagi should name the cartels he claims I am protecting and let him first tell us the grabbers of the land in Lakeview estate because he knows them,” said Wanyoike.
Last week Wanyoike led residents in protests in Naivasha against the MP where they accused him of grabbing land in Lakeview estate, something the MP has denied.