Hundreds of Catholic worshippers from Emenyenche village in Nyamira have vowed to eject a suspected private developer who has allegedly grabbed a half an hectare piece of land.
Speaking on Sunday when they visited the site for the proposed construction of a new church, speaker after speaker vowed to repossess the land and asked the man behind the grabbing to report to church for prayers.
According to them, a man whom they identified as Mr Willis Getuno, has been ferrying construction materials to the site despite the warning from the church.
“I really used to hear the issue of land grabbing from media and now it has come to home. It is irresponsible for someone to direct it to a church. This is a genuine land for the church and the man should come and seek repentance,” said Mr Joshua Nyandika.
They gave the area administration a period of three days to ensure the accused cleared from the land to pave way for new construction.
“We urge the provincial administration to ensure the church repossess its land in three days’ time for construction. We are not ready for court battle but if he is willing, we are ready,” added Mr Cyrus Onkoba.
However, Mr Getuno, who spoke to HiviSasa.com denied the claims of grabbing the land but insisted the piece of land belonged to him since it had been sold by somebody from the church.
“It is my land and I have all rights to develop it. I acquired it from somebody - ironically a worshipper there. I am ready to show supportive documents,” he said.