Free land, national holiday top Coast demands of BBI

Governors Dhadho Godana (Tana River), Granton Samboja (Taita Taveta), Amason Kingi (Kilifi), Hassan Joho (Mombasa) and Mombasa Deputy Governor Dr. William Kingi (left) during the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). (Kelvin Karani, Standard)

The Coast region wants the government to buy land from absentee landlords and resettle the affected communities and return port operations to Mombasa.

The region is also radically calling for the creation of a holiday to celebrate October 8, 1963, the day the Coastal strip became part and parcel of Kenya.