Squatters demonstrate against eviction from 'ancestral' land

Residents of Ugatuzi in Kiembeni, Mombasa County, stage a demonstration to express their anger and fear over demolition and forcible eviction plans yesterday. (PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/ STANDARD)

The squatters from Ugatuzi, Lamkani and Barawa, led by Kaya elders and Pwani Youth for Peace, said violent evictions had rendered hundreds of people homeless, and alleged a political link aimed at painting the Government as unable to address land issues in Coast.

They also accused the National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman Muhammad Swazuri of taking sides with tycoons and issuing eviction orders from Nairobi without listening to their side of the story.