State starts process to take back nine grabbed islands in Indian ocean

National Land Commission Chairman Mohamed Swazuri visits one of the nine islands off the South Coast in Kwale County whose private ownership has been revoked. [Mkamburi Mwawasi, Standard]

The National Land Commission (NLC) has started the process of repossessing nine islands in the India Ocean that had been grabbed by private individuals.

The nine are among dozens of islands between Kiunga in Lamu and Shimoni in Kwale that have been grabbed and fenced off.