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Mombasa's absentee landlords to lose land to squatters, says NLC

National Lands Commission Chairman Muhammad Swazuri

MOMBASA, KENYA: The National Land Commission (NLC) has begun the process of settling thousands of people on land owned by absentee landlords.

The commission is currently valuing the parcels of land, some of which belong to descendants of the Sultan of Zanzibar.

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