This archive report was first published on 19 May 2020.
On May 19, 2020, hundreds of squatters from Ruai and Mathare 4A in Nairobi made headlines after invading the 1,200-acre Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) land in Matungulu, Machakos County.
The group, led by Chair Samuel Githinji, claims they were promised resettlement on the land after their homes were demolished in Ruai as part of the government's efforts to reclaim land for the expansion of the Dandora sewerage plant.
However, Matungulu Sub County Police Commander Kipkemoi Kirui has stated that he is not aware of any group of people who were to be resettled in the said land and will only allow anyone to occupy the land once served with a legal or reliable order from the Government.
