Nakuru County Assembly has adopted a report by the Assembly Committee on Lands, Housing and Physical Planning for the vetting of nominees to the Nakuru County Land Management Board.
The report was however adopted with amendments in a heated debate as witnessed on Thursday evening.
The Lands Committee comprising 17 members, under the chairmanship of Hells Gate MCA Jonathan Warothe, had vetted 7 nominees whose names were forwarded to the Assembly Speaker through the County Executive Member for Lands pursuant to the National Land Commission Act.
The report tabled by MCA Warothe recommended the appointment of Rose Wanjiru, Reuben Korir, Prengei Sitienei and Gaciku Kang’ari as members of the Land Management Board while Peter Oira, Elizabeth Njambi and Dorothy Aswan were rejected.
The Committee also recommended that the National Land Commission appoints three other nominees to attain regional balancing of representatives within the board.
Biashara Ward MCA Stephen Kuria on the contrary said that the report ought to be amended to incorporate all the nominees since the Committee had not given clear reasons for rejection of the three.
MCA Warothe said that, as a Committee, they could not object the resolution of the Assembly since MCAs had overwhelmingly supported the amendments.
He said that the Committee is optimistic that the Board will strive to address land issues in the county.
Warothe noted that there were stressing issues concerning land in the county adding that there is a big task ahead for the Board to do.