Police officers should stick to their line of duty
National Police Service [NPS] has been urged to desist from involving itself in land disputes countrywide.
Kaloleni lawmaker Paul Katana has asked security apparatus to leave land disputes to the National Lands Commission [NLC ] and county governments to resolve.
He told them to stick to their job description rather than overloading themselves in unnecessary duties.
“Let the police officers keep off land disputes and let them be handled by relevant government authorities,” he said.
Katana, who led the meeting into a one minute silence to mourn 17 Pwani University students who perished in an accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway, insisted they should stick to keeping the law and security matters.
He was speaking when he joined lands cabinet secretary Zachariah Njeru and lands Principal Secretary Nixon Korir during the issuance of title deeds to squatters living on a parcel of land allegedly owned by former powerful lands permanent secretary Philemon Mwaisaka held at Maandani village in Kilifi county.
The legislator lashed out at the security officers for responding to land disputes faster than security matters.
Katana, who is a member of the parliamentary committee on lands, slammed at police officers who decline to attend to security matters with lame excuses like lacking fuel for police vehicles.
He pointed out that when it comes to matters of land disputes they respond in good time.
“This trend by police officers must come to an end,” he emphasized.
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