Family of former Prison Reforms hero' cries in battle over 800-acre land

When President Daniel Arap Moi shook hands with the late former Commissioner of Prisons Reuben Nzioka Mutua during the state visit of the late Pope John Paul II. [File, Standard]

As Kenya celebrates its 60th year of self-rule, the family of the forgotten hero of Prison reforms, the late former Commissioner of Prisons Reuben Nzioka Mutua is seeking to secure 800 acres of land.

The family said Mutua had not acquired the title deed of the land in Emali, Makueni County by the time he died in a road accident in 1986.