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President William Ruto after his arrival for the Mashujaa day celebration at Kwale Stadium in Kwale County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
A mass resettlement of thousands of landless families at the Coast is set to start after the government announced that it had set aside Sh1.5 billion for the exercise.
Speaking during the Mashujaa Day celebrations in Kwale, President William Ruto said the government will purchase swathes of land from the so-called absentee landlords in the six counties at the Coast to settle the squatters.
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