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MP Dawood demands Sh3m from family in land ownership dispute

Defendants in a land dispute case involving North Imenti MP Rahim Dawood when they appeared in Meru Law Courts on Friday. (Olivia Murithi, Standard)

North Imenti Member of Parliament Rahim Dawood has accused a family in his constituency of ‘blackmail’ and demanded Sh3 million in protracted land dispute.

Appearing before chief magistrate Hannah Ndung'u at the Meru Law Courts as a witness, the MP said he was the registered owner of the disputed land having acquired it in the year 2005, but had allowed the defendants to use the structures therein.

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