Tana River residents protest alleged grabbing of their ancestral land

Members of Kipini community forest association during a restoration exercise at a mangrove site in Tana Delta in Tana River County on 3/9/2023. [Caroline Chebet, Standard]

Residents of Kipini East ward in Tana River County have protested against national government officers, whom they accuse of aiding the alleged grabbing of their 10,000-acre ancestral land.

Led by Islam Abdala, the residents alleged that a local wildlife conservancy had colluded with national government officers to illegally extend its boundaries to area of human settlements.