Disputed Mumias plots were not gazetted after State acquisition

Residents facing eviction gather at the disputed Mumias Triangle area on April 8, 2024. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The acts of omission and commission by senior government officials over five decades ago have stalled plans to expand Mumias town.

The government, in 1971 mooted a plan to compulsorily acquire land from residents to expand Mumias town, which by then was a small market with a handful of shops.