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Tensions builds up as Kilifi squatters over eviction loom

Ganze MP Teddy Mwambire (in orange t-shirt) leads Bamba residents in a peaceful demonstration to protest against planned sale of Giriama Ranch. [Maureen Ongala, Standard]

Ganze MP Teddy Mwambire led Bamba residents in a peaceful demonstration to protest the planned auction of Giriama Ranch.

The demonstrators, who walked for over 35km from the ranch to Bamba town, demanded that the 66,000-acre ranch, which has at least 35,000 inhabitants, be reverted to the local community.

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