The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is pursuing recovery of public land that has been illegally acquired in the Western Kenya region.
According to the Western Regional Manager Eric Ngumbi, a significant 25% of public land in the urban counties of Kakamega, Vihiga, Bungoma and Busia is in the hands of land grabbers.
He has, however, confirmed that the Anti-Corruption body is actively pursuing the recovery of these lands, which include government houses and prime properties worth billions of shillings.
Speaking on Thursday during a joint meeting involving all security and key government agencies chaired by the Western Regional Commissioner Irungu Macharia at the Mumias Cultural Centre in Kakamega County, Ngumbi said EACC, in the last one year has recovered government plots worth 320 million shillings, with the process still ongoing. "We also recovered some prime plots in Kakamega's Milimani estate, with two more to follow and we are now in the process of recovering land belonging to the official residence of Kakamega South Deputy County Commissioner (DCC)," he said.
