Tale of Kisii squatters who live near 500 acres of idle land

Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu chaired the Senate Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources during a fact finding mission in Mwabundusi village, Kisii. [File, Standard]

Families that have lived as squatters in their ancestral land in Kisii Town for six decades heaved sighs of relief after the Senate Committee for Lands visited the area to hear their case.

For close to 60 years, the residents of Mwabundusi village located in the outskirts of Kisii Town, have been living near the expansive 500 acres of land that is currently occupied by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (Kalro) after the government acquired the parcel without compensation.