A former Assistant Minister and Member of Parliament during the late Daniel Moi era has appealed to the government to help him in case where a foreigner has invaded his privacy at his home in Kibiku i Ngong, Kajiado County.
The former Alego Usonga MP Otieno Mak’onyango who has also been ailing from old age diseases say the neigbour stole his privacy by building a flat in front of his house against National Building code.
“I have been unwell for some time now and to add salt to injury, my privacy has been invaded, that is why I can no longer rest outside my compound,” the former MP said in an Interview with The Standard in Nairobi.
He told the publication: “For several months, now I have not enjoyed my deserved peace. My neihghbour has built a flat in front of my compound which goes against building code and in breach of my privacy rights.”
In December last year, Mak’Onyango says, he filed a complaint with the National Construction Authority (NCA) over a breach of privacy by the neighbour setting up a flat in front of his house.
Following his complaints, the authority’s staff visited the site and suspended the construction.
However, the former MP said, about seven months after the construction was stopped, the project resumed without any explanation. He says he wishes someone explained to him why the constructed was allowed to continue.
In a letter dated November 30 to NCA, Mak’Onyango said the authority’s officials who visited the site did not tell him anything.
“I don’t know what they discussed with my neighbour; they kept me in the dark. I do not understand why they stopped the construction then again allowed it. I am asking for the government’s intervention.”
The ex-MP said he he visited NCA headquarters to follow up the case but nothing was done. “I found it strange that after the officials visited the site, they never shared any report with me,” Mak’Onyango said.
He added: “Following my visit to NCA offices and my follow-ups, an official from Ongata-Rongai office visited the site on November 7, 2023 and and promised to furnish me with information on the action taken. However, all they have done is to take me in circles. What is happening is unfair, not just to me and my family, but to other Kenyans as well,” he added.
