Plot to takeover mega irrigation scheme land raises eyebrows

Bulldozers prepare a section of the irrigation scheme. INSET:  Kenya Land Alliance national coordinator Odenda Lumumba [PHOTO: FILE/ STANDARD]

TANA RIVER, KENYA: Land experts have raised the red flag over the secrecy surrounding the planned conversion of 1.2 million acres of Galana and Kulana irrigation scheme from public to private land without involving the National Land Commission (NLC).

The experts insist there are a lot of grey areas in the process if not properly handled could see Kenyans get a raw deal on the Sh600 billion land in Coast region.