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Mombasa squatters reject 1,000-acre gift Kisauni

National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman, Professor Muhammad Swazuri addresses squatters at the disputed Thathini Farm in Kisauni Sub County in Mombasa County on April 23 2016.  Photo by Mwangi Muraguri/ Standard

Squatters on a 4,300-acre farm in Kisauni have turned down the land owners' offer to settle them on 1,000 acres of the property.

A meeting convened by National Land Commission (NLC) Chairman Muhammad Swazuri collapsed after the squatters rejected the offer, arguing that the 1,000 acres could not accommodate all of them.

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