President William Ruto has directed the Athi River Export Processing Zones (EPZ) management to revoke all title deeds of land that have not been utilized for over ten years.
Speaking on Friday, October 13 during the launch of Square Pharmaceuticals Kenya in Athi River, Machakos County, the President said land should be transferred to the Athi River EPZ.
"All speculators, people who have held titles to pieces of land for ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty years without developing them should be revoked so that we can give it to people who want to use this facility," said Ruto.
The Head of State noted that 250 acres which were held by some of the individuals has been recovered and will be used for manufacturing.
“I am informed that we now have an extra 250 acres of land that were originally occupied by speculators they are now out of this place and we can bring additional pieces of land, additional space into the manufacturing space here in EPZ, Athi River,” he stated.
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President Ruto went on to say the court has cleared the state to transfer part of the East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) land to the Athi River EPZ.
“We will take either a thousand or one thousand five hundred acres of that land and make it part of EPZ here in Athi River so that we can create more space for more companies to set camp in Athi River and manufacture more products,” Ruto added.
