Bamburi squatters kicked out in row with developer

Squatters protest against the arrest of their colleagues at Lamkane , Bamburi in Mombasa North mainland. They want Government to help them rebuild their houses as most of them have been sleeping in the cold. The 527 squatters claim a private developers is using police officers to destroy their houses. The land in dispute is 135 acres. Over 30 squatters were arrested last Tuesday. 26 July 2017. Photo Omondi Onyango/Standard

Hundreds of families are spending nights in the cold following their eviction from land under dispute in Bamburi.

The 527 families said they were forced off the land by armed police officers on the orders of a private developer who is claiming ownership.