A cloud of grief has engulfed Kenyatta Farm village in Gatanga constituency Murang’a County after residents woke up to the gruesome murder of a 90-year-old woman.
Hannah Ndururu’s lifeless body was found outside her compound and it bore deep cuts to the head.
Residents, and shocked relatives alleged that a long-standing dispute over land ownership could have been the motive of the attack.
“We received a distress call that our grandmother had been attacked, only to come here and find her lifeless body outside her house “
“There has been disputes on land ownership and despite our grandmother owning this parcel of land, someone has been claiming ownership and she has been receiving threats on the same” said John Karanja, the deceased’s grandson
Karanja called on the security agencies and the government to move with haste and settle the disputes that have creeped back despite residents having been issued with land ownership documents by the last regime
“Our aged parents who mostly stay alone are living in fear of being attacked, we urge the government to settle this once and for all”
Kenyatta farm, formerly known as Kihiu Mwiri (loosely translated as a knife stab in the body) presents one of Kenya’s bloodiest land disputes in history.
In June this year, the government through the ministry of lands and urban development issued over 750 title deeds aimed at resolving the long standing land dispute.
However, the residents say that the issuance did not fully address the historical land related disputes with some calling for fresh demarcation and issuance.
In 2014/2015 more than 8 directors of the Kenyatta farm lost their lives while others disappeared mysteriously.
The deceased body was moved to General Kago funnel home as security agencies launched investigations.
By Florence Kinyua
