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Official vows stern action against land grabbing cartels

Tullow Oil Company, one of Turkana’s most prized possessions. [Photo by Joan Letting]

The planned construction of the Kitale-Lodwar-South Sudan road has heightened speculation on the price of land in the region, an official has warned.

This has given rise to cartels that are grabbing land in the hopes of selling at higher prices, according to County Lands Executive Ester Lokwee.

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