CORD, Jubilee at war over revoking of Lamu title deeds

Directors of Upeo Investments Company among them from left Professor Hamadi Idi Boga, Naomi Cidi, Maimuna Mwidau, Reuben Tsuma and others (behind) address the media at the Mombasa club on Saturday. They were protesting after the government revoked title deeds in Lamu County among them their 5,400 acres of land at Shela Ranch saying they bought the land at a cost of Sh108m to distribute to their 465 members. [PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

NAIROBI, KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to revoke title deeds in Lamu has elicited mixed reactions across the country.

Some Opposition leaders have termed the exercise as a public relations gimmick, while those from the Jubilee side have hailed the President for fulfilling his pre-election pledge to solve land problems at the Coast.