National Lands Commission to verify land ownership in Jomvu again

Squarters follow proceedings as Mombasa County Commissioner Nelson Marwa was addressing them at Maganda settlement Scheme in Port Reitz within Jomvu Constituency where he jointly with the National Land Commission chairman Mohammed Swanzuri assured them that they will be well compensated to pave way for the construction of the Standard Guage Railway (SGR) line, June 15, 2015. [PHOTO/ GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

The National Lands Commission (NLC) will carry out fresh verification of 1,400 plots at Maganda in Jomvu, Mombasa County to establish genuine owners.

The standard gauge railway will pass through here and residents of Maganda Settlement Scheme have had sleepless nights after claims emerged that tycoons had irregularly acquired title deeds on land that straddles part of Port Reitz Creek on the border with Kwale County.