Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says Kenyatta University land that was handed to the World Health Organization(WHO) by retired President Uhuru Kenyatta will be given back to the institution.
The piece of land was at the centre of the ouster and re-appointment of Vice-Chancellor Prof. Paul Wainaina.
At the same time, Gachagua apologized to Prof. Wainaina over what he termed as public humiliation by the previous administration.
Speaking during the 52nd graduation at the university on Friday, DP Gachagua said the land belongs to the university.
“We have hence instructed the Ministry of Land to cancel those allocations and reinstate the land to Kenyatta University.
“We have agreed that the land revert to KU, save for 38 acres that will be procedurally and in accordance with the law be given to the squatters of Kamae, the rest of the land remains for KU and must be preserved as such for the university and for posterity,” said the DP.
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Former President Uhuru Kenyatta had ordered the institution’s management to cede almost half of it’s 1000 acre piece of land.
KU council was ordered to surrender the title deed or consent to the Ministry of Lands to allow sub-division of 410 acres of land.
The World Health Organization (WHO) was allocated 30 acres from the land; 10 acres was meant to go to Africa CDC program, 180 acres was given to K.U hospital and another 190 acres was meant to settle the Kamae squatters.
Prof. Wainaina was sacked after he refused to cede the land.
“Prof. Wainaina and the Senate, on behalf of the Republic of Kenya and the political leadership, we want to apologize to you and your family and the Kenyatta University fraternity for the humiliation you were accorded for standing firm to refuse the land of Kenyatta University to be grabbed,” said the DP.