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National Land Commission in talks with Coast landowners to settle squatters

National Land Commission Chairman Muhamad Swazuri

As many as 40 absentee owners of land at the Coast are willing to surrender thousands of acres to the Government to settle squatters living there, but would need to be compensated.

The National Land Commission (NLC) said negotiations with 10 owners of large swathes of land have been concluded but talks are ongoing with another 30 over compensation that could run into billions of shillings. The land’s status will then change to that of a settlement scheme.

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