Families in Kwale reclaim grabbed land following land commission order

Saggaf family

Saggaf family member Muhammad

Saggaf family and 83-year-old Hamisi Mwatende have finally reclaimed their land after an order by the National Land Commission (NLC).

After a survey, the NLC said that the Saggaf family should be given 289 acres of land.

The family accused police and the office of the deputy county commissioner of frustrating their efforts to reclaim the land and implicated seven tourist hotel owners in their woes.

“The hotels are doing business [on our land] and that is what pains us. They have also contracted people to mine minerals on the land. They are benefiting at the expense of our family,” Mr Saggaf said.

The family had presented documents confirming that they owned the land, originally known as Plot Number W33/Kwale/Wasini.

At the same time, on Funzi Island, Mr Mwatende, whom the commission said is the sole owner of 63 acres claimed by tycoon Torriani, has been living in a makuti (palm) thatched house as a squatter.

The 82-year-old was living on his land as a squatter despite having documents showing that he is the owner of plot L.R. No. KWL/FUNZI/64.

The NLC recommended that the land be reverted to him, as the commission further directed the Chief Land Registrar to prepare ownership documents for the elderly man.

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