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How evils of land grab were birthed more than 100 years ago

The desire to conquer and occupy as much land as possible has been the cause of many conflicts in Kenya. [File, Standard]

The desire to conquer and occupy as much land as possible has been the cause of many conflicts. In Kenya, there was a feeble attempt to tame this greed more than 116 years ago after a cabal of settlers started annexing whatever land they came across for speculative purpose.

Concerned by the speed at which some settlers were moving to claim land which they could never develop, the colonial office fired a memo from Downing Street speaking to these evils.

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