Akamba leaders give top
Land dealer big send off
By Daniel Nzia
Chief Correspondent
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| Governor Wavinya Ndeti at the burial |
Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has defended herself against accusations that she has a hand in rampant land grabs in Machakos County.
The Governor explained that her father- a former Chairman of Mavoko Town Council had left her enough land and as such she did not need more.
She regretted that her critics referred to her as Queen of Land grabbing and asserted that she indeed was not just a defender of land belonging to the Akamba people but a whistle-blower on land matters.
Her delivery was significant. She spoke during the burial of a leading land dealer who was eulogised as a prominent son of Ukambani and businessman- Mr Pius Musembi Kivindu at his Makueni home.
Kivindu is the Syokimau -Mavoko Community Association chairman, popularly known as Chairman. He is the face of land deals at Syokimau and that belonging to East African Portland Cement in Mavoko. He was buried at his Kisioni village home in Sultan Hamud, Kilome, after he perished in a grissly road accident on March 26,2023 near his home at Green Park Estate a long the busy Nairobi -Mombasa highway.
Wiper leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka led the kamba leaders attending the event.
Others who attended the emotional burial were former Kitui governor Kaluki Ngilu,Kitui senator Kiio Wambua, Makueni Senator Daniel Maanzo, Mavoko MP Patrick Makau, Machakos Senator Agnes Kavindu,Machakos and Makueni women MPs Kamene Kasimbi and Rose Museo respectively, MPs Thaddeus Nzambia,Joshua Kimilu,Erastus Kivasu and Makueni Deputy governor Ms Lucy Mulili.
Others were former Kaiti MP Richard Makengà,Makueni Speaker Douglas Mbilu,host of MCAs, land dealers and senior government officials from Machakos and Makueni counties.
