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MP faults governor over creation of new settlements in Ijara

Ijara MP Abdi Ali Abdi lays the foundation stone for the construction of two classrooms at Gumarey Primary School in Tana River county. [Abdimalik Hajir, Standard]

Ijara Member of Parliament Abdi Ali Abdi has called for abolition of colonial three-mile rule, saying it was hurting his constituents.

Speaking in Abalatiro, the lawmaker accused Tana River Senator Danson Mungana and the Governor Godhana Dhadho of allegedly taking advantage of the colonial laws to create new settlements in his constituency.

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