The competence of a senior executive at the Nakuru County Government was cast in doubt when he struggled to explain basic facts under his docket in court.
Appearing as a witness in court County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Lands, Physical Planning, Housing, and Urban Development John Kihagi was not able to show which properties in the county were public and which ones were not.
While giving his testimony before Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Juma, Kihagi was hard-pressed to explain the difference between land owned by the county government and that under the national government.
According to Kihagi, as long as what is constructed on land in counties carries out devolved functions, the land can be said to be owned by the respective county government. "If the land has a hospital or a market, under the devolved function, then we can say the land belongs to the county government," he said yesterday.
