This archive report was first published on 11 September 2019.
September 11, 2019 - The Government has launched a crackdown on prominent politicians and top state officials who have been accused of illegally grabbing Mau Forest land and selling it to poor settlers in the water catchment.
Environment CS Keriako Tobiko has revealed that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has completed investigations into the encroachment of about 14,000 hectares in the Mau Complex by well-connected individuals.
“Criminal investigations have been done by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. The files relating to these criminalities are now with the Director of Public Prosecutions who will soon make a decision,” said Tobiko.
CS Tobiko maintained that no amount of political theatrics will stop the government’s resolve to solve the Mau issue once and for all, adding that these are illegal transactions between private individuals and are of no legal or constitutional validity.
He told the committee that compensation whether in form of monetary compensation or provision of alternative land is not a matter of right of entitlement because compensation presupposes validity of title.
