William Ruto Orders Police Manning Grabbed Land in Baba Dogo to Leave, Dares Grabbers to Face Him
- President William Ruto has warned a land grabber against developing on a tract in Nairobi's Baba Dogo area
- Addressing a rally at one of the stopovers during his working tour of Nairobi on Thursday, July 17, the president revealed he was seized of the reports of a grabber already carrying out development on the field.
- He said he would not allow such private development to be undertaken on public land; he directed all the police officers manning the field to vacate
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President William Ruto has cautioned an unnamed land grabber from developing on a tract in Nairobi's Baba Dogo area.
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Addressing a rally at one of the stopovers during his working tour of Nairobi on Thursday, July 17, the president revealed he was seized of the reports of a grabber already carrying out development on the field.
He said he would not allow such private development to be undertaken on public land.
"Tell the person who wants to steal the land that we have three things. He should prepare; he will meet me. He should leave the grounds belonging to the public. I will help you build sporting facilities for the youth hailing from here. If he has issues, he should come see me. The ground is safe, and I will work on it.
The crowd asked him to visit the playground immediately.
They informed the president that police officers were stationed there and a wall was being put up.
Ruto ordered all the officers to vacate the land immediately at his instructions, insisting that the government would build a sporting facility there.
"I have had there is police there. I am ordering all the officers there to vacate quickly. That ground is public property. They should leave immediately. We will develop on the playground," said the president.
Meanwhile, the president announced the expansion of two flagship environmental and infrastructure programs that he says will double employment opportunities for young people in the capital city while simultaneously regenerating the city’s river systems and roads.
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Speaking in Dandora during an inspection tour of the Nairobi Rivers Regeneration Project, the president announced that an additional 20,000 youths will be enrolled in the Climate WorX programme starting next Monday, July 21, bringing the total number of young people employed under the initiative to 40,000.
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“Our labour mobility programmes have absorbed 400,000 young people, and 320,000 more have jobs through affordable housing,” Ruto said.
“Climate WorX alone currently has 20,000, and we will double that next week. This is a real, tangible plan for empowering our youth," he added.
He challenged his political rivals to present credible alternatives, arguing that inciting youth into unrest is not a substitute for policy.
“We challenge our competitors to lay bare their plan for empowering the youth. The alternative to jobs cannot be incitement to cause havoc in the country,” the president added.
The president also underscored the broader vision behind the Nairobi River Regeneration Project, which he described as both an ecological mission and a social one.
“God willing, we will clean up Nairobi River until it’s clean enough to have fish,” he said.
The river cleanup initiative, now in its advanced stages, has already created 20,000 jobs.
The Nairobi River Valley was designated a Special Planning Area (SPA) earlier this year, marking the beginning of a two-year co-development process to create an Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
Source: TUKO.co.ke
