Mombasa County officers in allotees’ list on controversial squatter settlement scheme

The Mombasa county government has cancelled land allocations at a controversial settlement scheme after it merged that half of the plots went to some of its staff and local politicians. According to a document seen by The Standard, among the beneficiaries is an MP from Mombasa County and 27 county employees.

According to Land Executive FrancisThoya, they decided to nullify over 300 titles at Jitengeni Scheme because politicians and staff of the defunct Mombasa municipal council used their positions to allocate themselves land meant for squatters.