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Shifta IDPs threaten to sue government over ancestral land

More than 6,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Lamu have threatened to sue the government after their attempts to return to 65,000 acres of alleged ancestral land hit a snag.

The IDPs, who claim to have been displaced by the Shifta war in 1967, say their push to get back their land in Msanga village in Mpeketoni have been frustrated by the government.

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