Lands minister James Orengo has revealed that huge chunks of land belonging to the military have either been provately acquired or encroached. He told the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations that arge portions of land owned by the army in Embakasi, Kren, Eldoret and Archers post have been grabbed by private developers. The committee asked the minister to furnish them with a comprehensive report on land owned by the military as it was a matter of national security. Orengo added that the lands ministry does not have an inventory of public land in relations to military or public land.

Source: The Standard, Pg 21

Date: Wednesday, 05 Oct 2011