Dispute: Landowners say ‘professional squatters’ invading property

Land owner, Peter Gathuri (left) displays a map of his property in Mtwapa, Kilifi, that is now threatened by squatters. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

Private landowners have protested the rising number of land invasion cases by people they describe as “professional squatters”.

Recently, parts of the Coast region, particularly Mombasa, Kilifi and Taita Taveta counties, have witnessed invasions by thousands of squatters laying ancestral claim to private property.