Locals vow to stay put as row with county over disputed land rages

Samuel Maina, a member of Gatundu/Gatuanyage Dairy Farmers Company shows his title deed, proof of ownership to his quarter acre piece of land.The members of the company are at odds with the county government, which said the land is a public utility. [PHOTO: KAMAU MAICHUHIE/STANDARD]

A row over the ownership of a six-acre piece of land has turned residents against the county government.

More than 30 members of Gatundu/Gatuanyaga Dairy Farmers Company have said the land at the centre of a dispute belongs to them but the county  maintains the land is a public utility.