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Community clash with KWS over prime land

Members of the Isahakia community in Naivasha protest over a parcel of land that they claim ownership and which has been fenced off by KWS officers.

Members of the Isahakia community in Naivasha invaded a 5,000-acre piece of land in the town yesterday, claiming it is their ancestral land.

Armed with documents from the National Land Commission (NLC), the over 300 demonstrators went ahead to construct semi-permanent structures on the land located off the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

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