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Tears flow as man recounts how family lost land at NLC hearings

Mohammed Hemmed breaks into tears as he narrates to the National Land Commission how their ancestral land was allegedly grabbed by an Italian man, Thursday. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

MALINDI: A man on Thursday burst into tears during the National Land Commission (NLC) hearings as he recounted how their family land was allegedly secretly acquired by a man of Italian origin at Ngomeni in Malindi.

Mr Mohamed Hemed Kale briefly disrupted the proceedings, which are on their fourth day, as he wailed, narrating how the 14-acre prime beach plot was allegedly seized from his family in 2007.

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