Lavington Girl Distressed After Strangers Storm Home, Grab Land Hours After Parents' Arrest

• Owners of land in Lavington were allegedly arrested, and later, unidentified individuals invaded the property, attempting to fence it off
• Their daughter Sarika recorded intrusion on social media, and voiced concern over her parents' arrest and property violation
• In the video, men in Muslim attire were seen patrolling the land as handymen fenced it off

Nairobi - A 27-year-old Lavington woman disclosed that her parents were arrested outside their gate on Saturday, August 19.

According to the woman, minutes after police arrested her parents, unknown people broke into their compound and started fencing part of their family land.

"My name is Sarika, and I have lived here my whole life. I am now 27, this morning my parents were picked up outside my gate by cops, and a few hours later, people came in and started breaking the gate and digging holes to mark a fence," she told activist Boniface Mwangi in a video shared on Twitter.

Uknown intruders

The troubled lady, identified as Sarika, said she had no idea who the people were and did not know the whereabouts of her parents.

"I have no idea where my parents are. I have no idea why they were arrested. I have not spoken to anybody," Sarika said.

The noisy video showed gentlemen dressed in Muslim attire and other men patrolling the compound with tools, iron sheets and poles digging the compound, ready to erect a fence.

"You are chilling in your home, and some random guys come and arrest your parents, and then they take over your land and fence it. This is Kenya. When we tell you about bad governance, you don't care," Mwangi said.

Who owns the Lavington land

Mwangi said the activities going on in the land, a probable land-grabbing case, is the outcome of bad governance that affects the rich and the poor.

"The poor suffer, and the rich as well. That is why we must fight for good governance. The man praying there claims he owns the land. Maybe he does, but he has not served this family any documents. He has taken over possession, and the family are in police custody. People are fencing off their land," he explained.

Authorities are yet to confirm and respond to land-grabbing claims in the expansive Lavington property.

Toi market: Burning to own

Rapper turned politician David Ngubuini, alias DNG, came forward with shocking accusations against land grabbers after an inferno engulfed Toi Market.

The popular market, a hub of economic activity, was reduced to ashes by what DNG claimed was a deliberate act of arson aimed at pushing out traders and illegally seizing the land.

According to DNG, the Member of County Assembly for Woodley/Kenyatta Golf Course Ward said 43 individuals claim ownership of the Toi Market land through fraudulent means.