Ruto to borrow Uhuru playbook in fixing the Coast squatter crisis

President William Ruto and Mombasa County Governor Abdulswamad Nassir when he met Muslims and Christians during inter-denomination prayers at Mama Ngina waterfront in Mombasa. November 5, 2023. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

President William Ruto appears to have borrowed the playbook of his predecessor in tackling teeming squatter camps on private land at the Coast, his key campaign promise to the region.

A fortnight ago, Ruto toured the Coast and plunged into the murky dispute over the ownership of three plots in Mombasa and Kwale.

But he says the government will pay owners of Kisauni's Kwa Bulo Settlement, drawing parallels with former President Uhuru Kenyatta's handling of the Waitiki Farm in Likoni.