By Reporter
Members of the Komarock Housing society are about to settle a long-running dispute over their land following resolutions reached by members at a convened Annual General Meeting recently.
The land in question has been subject to court cases which have dragged on for over a decade but now the society is braced to turn a new chapter this is according to the society lawyer Bernard Mung’ata.
The 23 hectares land had initially been under compulsory acquisition by the government through the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, the issue has now been solved the rest of the land is now supposed to revert to the community.
“We had an Annual General Meeting for the Komaroc Housing Society where the Status Report on the Komarock land was issued. Some sticky issues have been ironed out and the members have mandated me to go ahead and complete the resolution of the dispute and I assure them in a few months the dispute will be resolved, “said Mung’ata.
He added that he had also held consultations with former Machakos County Senator Johnson Muthama who has been pushing for the rights of the Komarock members for a long time.
The lawyer observed that the cooperative movement in Machakos was under threat due to diminished land adding that many of the societies were premised on availability of land resources which are now under pressure due to increased settlement.
The other challenge facing the cooperative movement is infighting for leadership.
