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"content": "4. THAT, in 1923, the Kerugoya sub-district was carved from the larger South Nyeri District, with Mwea area of Ndia Division being part of the new district. 5. THAT, colonial records also indicated that as at 1933, Embu District was recognized to comprise four divisions being Embu, Mbeere, Gichugu and Ndia Divisions. At the time, Ndia Division comprised of Inoi, Mutira, Kiini and Mwirua locations and Mwea remained in then Kerugoya sub-district. 6. THAT, there also existed a written agreement dated 22nd November, 1933 between Senior Chiefs Njega Gioko of the then Ndia and Gichugu divisions and Kombo Munyiri of the then Embu and Mbeere divisions confirming that the boundaries between Kirinyaga and Embu people extended to Rupingazi River up to the confluence with Thiba and Tana rivers, with the area known as Mwea belonging to the people of Kirinyaga. 7. THAT, during the Mau Mau Uprising from 1952, the colonial government initiated a plan to encourage herders from Ukambani to invade and occupy the Mwea area in return for supporting the fight against Mau Mau. Subsequently, between 1957 and 1962, the boundaries of the then Kerogoya sub-district were interfered with, culminating in the southern boundary being moved upward from River Tana to the Makutano-Embu Road; from Makutano junction to Karaba and Gategi to river Thiba. 8. THAT, this revision of boundary which was concluded in the 1960s at the behest of the then powerful Minister for Lands and Settlement, who was from Mbeere, resulted in the 52,000 acres piece of land known as the Mwea Trust Land being excised from the then Kerugoya sub-district now Kirinyaga County to what is now Mbeere sub-county of Embu District. 9. THAT, following the said annexation of the Mwea Trust Land, a decision was made to demarcate and adjudicate the land for settlement, with an officer from Embu being appointed to undertake the process. However, during the allocation process, over 600 names of landless Mihiriga Kenda members which had been submitted for allocation of land were removed and their respective allocation given to people from outside Kirinyaga. 10. THAT, this led the Mihiriga Kenda to file a suit at the High Court in Nairobi in Miscellaneous Civil Application 268 of 1981, the Republic versus Land Adjudication Officer, Embu District Ex Parte Kirinyaga Mihiriga Kenda . In the suit, the Mihiriga Kenda sought and obtained an injunction prohibiting the Embu District Land Adjudication Officer from proceeding with the adjudication in respect to Wachoro, Karaba, Riakanau and Makima adjudication sections on the basis of the historical and ancestral claim of the Kirinyaga people to the said land. This injunction remained in place until recently in 2012 when the injunction was lifted. 11. THAT, in the intervening period, a number of initiatives were undertaken to try and resolve the issue of the boundary dispute between Kirinyaga and Embu Districts. Among them- (i) The task force chaired by District Commissioner (DC), Mr. Akelo, in 1990. The Mwea Trust Land Commission in 1995 which was chaired by the late hon. Chief Justice Zacchaeus Chesoni, whose report was never made public. (ii) A verification team which comprised of the two respective DCs of Kirinyaga and Embu Districts, two Provincial Commissioners (PCs) of Central and Eastern The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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