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Over 10,000 homeowners face eviction in Mombasa

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Mwembe Kuku resident Abdillahi Farah Hajji during a briefing at Bondeni in Mombasa County on Saturday 30th March 2024. He, together with other Tenants at will appealed to the president and National Land Commission to intervene and help them get ownership and title deeds for the areas where they have built their houses. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Mombasa homeowners who built their houses on the land registered in the names of the descendants of pre-independence rulers have appealed to President William Ruto to intervene in a bitter tussle with their landlords.

The more than 10,000 tenants of Mwembe Kuku and Bondeni areas on Mombasa island said Wednesday they feared losing their homes because the landlords have threatened to sell the land they occupy at market prices which they cannot afford.

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