Address historical injustices now, Coast leaders demand

Mombasa, Kenya: Last week's arrest of Lamu Governor Issa Timamy has sparked a new storm in Coast politics, centred on the thorny issue of land distribution.

There is growing concern that the Jubilee Government either lacks the will or is too partisan to carry out meaningful land reforms and addressing historical injustices that began with the coming of the Arabs to the Kenyan Coast centuries ago, but escalated with  President Jomo Kenyatta's resettlement and land policies.