Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa has slammed President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto for hijacking the title deeds programme in Trans Nzoia.
He said the title deeds, issued by the president and the DP on Thursday, was an initiative of the county administration under Governor Patrick Khaemba.
Wamalwa said it was wrong for the Jubilee brigade to snub the governor when they were visiting the county to issue the documents.
The legislator on Friday asserted that Uhuru and Ruto feared that Khaemba would have taken credit for the land titling program.
"It was wrong for them to ignore the governor when we know clearly that he has been the one fighting for the squatters to have titles."
Khaemba says his administration has already spent over Sh30 million to clear debts owed to different land cooperatives by residents.
The county claims they have also spent some of the monies to pay stamp duty that had accumulated for over the years.
The governor, during a recent rally in Kitale, complained that some Jubilee-affiliated politicians from the county were scheming to hijack the project.
"Some politicians even vowed to ensure that only the government issues the title, not the county government that funded the project."
In this regard, Wamalwa said the snub is part of Jubilee's wider scheme to overlook governors during Uhuru's visit to counties.
"The national government needs to know that governors also represent people and should be recognised by other leaders when they visit their areas of jurisdiction," he said.
The president, during the tour, issued 6,000 title deeds and announced that another 120,000 will be handed over within the next six weeks.
He said the beneficiaries will not be charged any stamp duty since the government waived the more than Sh1.2 billion owed to the cooperatives.
The issuance of the 6,000 titles raised the number of those issued since Uhuru assumed office to above the 2.8 million mark.
"We want to make sure that every Kenyan has a title for the land he or she owns," the President said.
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