Leaders ask Uhuru to stop planned eviction

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka addresses Mavoko residents during a fact-finding mission following an order to evict over 14,300 squatters settled in part of the 12,000 acres of East African Portland land. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

Ukambani leaders have appealed to President Uhuru Kenyatta to intervene in a land row pitting squatters against the East Africa Portland Cement Company.

The leaders, who visited Mavoko in Machakos County on Sunday, want the president to save squatters from evictions from the contested land planned for later this month.