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The law is clear on the status of grabbed land

The ghost of land grabbing returned to haunt investors after President Uhuru Kenyatta directed cancellation of titles of 500,000 acres in Lamu County.

The President said that the titles were illegally acquired by 22 entities and 13 out of 21 berths for the Lamu Port were also allocated to individuals. The grabbers were allegedly targeting the multi-billion shilling Lamu Port, Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lappset) corridor project.

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