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Reprieve for 5,000 squatters as Pwani University halts planned eviction, clarifies land ownership

Pwani University Vice Chancellor Mohamed Rajab (right) with Kibarani Ward
Representative Getrude Mbeyu address squatters at Kijabe Football Grounds
in Kibarani, Kilifi County Tuesday. [PHOTO : JOSEPH MASHA/STANDARD]

KILIFI: Over 5,000 squatters in Kilifi Tuesday got a reprieve after Pwani University administrators said it had no plans to evict them from the 270-acre land whose ownership is under dispute.

The said plot is one of the three disputed parcels of land in Kilifi County that have created bad blood between the University and the community neighbouring the institution.

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