Report raises legal doubts on Waitiki land in Mombasa

Kamau Waitiki

MOMBASA: A confidential report compiled by various State agencies early this month challenges Evanson Kamau Waitiki's claim to the 930-acre property and raises new questions over the legal status of huge parts of the disputed land holding in Mombasa's Likoni area.

Waitiki is the legal owner of the 930-acre property, which has been occupied by thousands of squatters since 1997 and he has won all cases in court on the basis of documents uttered in court. Beginning early this year, he has been embroiled in a push and pull match with State officials in the Lands ministry and the National Land Commission (NLC), who have claimed he has either agreed to sell his land or surrendered its titles to settle the squatters, only for him to deny.