Kenya's leaders should avoid public spats

The disputed ownership of a 22.5-acre piece of land at the Coast threatens to kick up a storm between the County Government of Mombasa and the national government representative at the Coast, Regional Co-ordinator Nelson Marwa.

Already, policemen are said to have been deployed to the piece of land, perhaps to forestall clashes that could easily erupt, given the raised political temperatures. On Monday this week, Mr Marwa threatened to arrest Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho after county government workers brought down a perimeter wall erected by the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), which has laid claim to the piece of land under dispute.