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Groups tussle over 200-acre State land

A faction leader of Kirinyaga's Mihiriga Kenda clans (nine clans), Mugo Kabeu addressing the media outside the Kirinyaga County Government Headquarters in Kutus town over the contested ownership of 200 acres in Mwea. [Photo: Munene Kamau]

A group of 15,000 people has staked claim to a 200-acre parcel which is already occupied by tenants of the National Irrigation Board (NIB) land.

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