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Squatters block Lamu Port Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport launch

The Manda airport in Lamu County. Squatters living on a section of the facility have been ordered to leave. [PHOTO: MARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD]

Lamu, Kenya: A fresh dispute has emerged in Lamu County between squatters and the Government less than a fortnight before President Uhuru Kenyatta and several leaders from the East African countries converge there for the launch of a major port works.

This comes even as National Land Commission (NLC) chairman Dr Muhammad Swazuri has announced that the last 88 land owners displaced by the proposed port project will be paid in the coming days.

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