Why communities likely to be exploited in land acquisitions

Siaya Governor Cornell Rasanga is on the warpath. Last week, Rasanga was quoted as saying Dominion Farms, an American company carrying out commercial farming in Siaya County’s Yala Swamp, should prepare to leave on expiry of its lease agreement.

According to Rasanga, Dominion Farms has failed to uplift the lives of local residents despite being allocated thousands of acres of land formerly held in trust by the defunct county council of Siaya and Bondo.