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Swazuri said the land reclamation was illegal, stopped reclamation of two acres

National Lands Commission(NLC)Chairman Prof.Mohammad Swazuri addressing Journalists at Duka Moja in Narok East.He has assured the land owners along SGR line of equate compensation.PHOTO:ROBERT KIPLAGAT

The United Nations has threatened to delist Mombasa as a protected island due to massive sea reclamation that has turned it into a peninsula.

National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman Muhammad Swazuri said wanton land reclamation had defaced the historical status of the island, prompting the UN warning.

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