NMS ponder over swapping of cemetery land with a 67-acre forest
Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) is now considering swapping of cemetery land with another piece of land next to it.
This is after the 100-acre Langata Cemetery land, which is the county’s official burial site, was declared full 20 years ago.
Speaking today, NMS Director General Mohammed Badi said that his outfit had already begun negotiations with the Ministries of Environment and Land as well as the Kenya Forest Service over the swap.
“NMS is now considering swapping of cemetery land with another piece of land next to it or even buying it. We are still legally negotiating with them and want to give them alternative operating space as we take up their land to act as the burial site. We will ensure that we plant trees before we swap with them. We however don’t know what the outcome will be,” said Badi.
The land being eyed for the swap is next to Langata cemetery and if the deal is successful it will be converted into a cemetery for Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
However, NMS said that the problem for Kenya Forest Service (KFS) in the swap deal was on how the forest service would achieve its target of 10 percent green cover.
NMS announced that it had set aside Sh150 million in the current financial year for the purchase of land in Mugumoini ward, Lang’ata Sub-county, to act as the county’s official burial ground in November 2020.
