The name of a serving first time governor has been invoked in a fresh land row pitting the family members of the former powerful minister the late Mbiyu Koinange amid fresh wrangles and daring attack by suspected hired goons at Closeburn Estate opposite Two Rivers Mall in Kiambu County.
Close to twenty youthful men descended on the property of Susan Kihara, the widow of one of Koinange’s sons, the late Solomon Kihara Koinange, vandalised the gate and slashed banana plantation a week ago.
At the time, Susan was not at home.
She has since lodged a formal complaint and Runda Police Station
The attack took place at her home in Closeburn Estate situated opposite Two Rivers Mall in Kiambu County.
According to a police report OB No 25/09/01/2022, Susan claims that last Sunday, over twenty goons trespassed on her home and vandalised the gate and doors of her house where her daughter Angela Wambui resides.
“I am requesting and I am asking that they hasten investigations about this because our lives are in danger.” Susan said.
The thugs also uprooted maize and destroyed a banana plantation.
She claims she was alerted by a house-help when the goons struck and upon arrival, she found the home had been vandalised but the attackers did not steal anything.
The said governor, name withheld has been mentioned as an interested external party to the protracted land row pitting the family members.
However, it is not clear if he is linked to the attack.
She suspects the attack is aimed at scaring her as the family awaits a government surveyor to distribute the prime property next to Two River’s mall as directed by High Court judge Justice Aggrey Muchelule on May 7, 2020.
Justice Muchelule ruled that the properties of the former minister would be distributed among his twelve beneficiaries, including two widows who are still alive and ten children.
In his ruling, the judge ordered that all the children have equal worth irrespective of their sex or marital status.
He further ruled that during the distribution, space reservations must be made for public utilities such as roads, police stations and schools on some of the huge tracts of land owned by the Koinange family.