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Category : Land
Sugarcane Farmers Issue Strike Threat Daily Nation, Pg 34
Friday, 02 Sep 2011

Sugarcane growers in Busia County have threatened to stop cane deliveries over a disputed parcel of land. They said they would boycott sugarcane deliveries to Mumias Sugar company and also plan to hold demonstrations to compel the sugar miller to return the parcel of land.

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Criticos Demans Sh35m for his Land Daily Nation, Pg 34
Friday, 02 Sep 2011

Former Taveta MP Basil Criticos has moved to court demanding payment from a bank that sold the land to the government four years ago. This follows a bid to resettle thousands of squatters on 15, 000 acres. The former MP lost the land which he jointly owns with Mama Ngina Kenyatta. In September 20

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All is Set for Mavoko Fake Titles Inquiry The Star, Pg 8
Thursday, 01 Sep 2011

The taskfoce on irregular allocations of public laand in Athi River will hold public hearings in Mavoko from Septtember 13-15. A notice signed by the task foce chair Ambassador (rtd) John Abduba and pinned at the notice board of the Mavoko county council, all those who prepared memoranda should s

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Citizens Unhappy with Reforms, Says Report The Standard, Pg 9
Wednesday, 31 Aug 2011

A report released by the Land Development and Governance Institute Director Ibrahim Mwathane revelead that majority of Kenyans are not satisfied with the performance of key land reforms. 58% of KEnyans are not satisfied at all with the performance of the ministry of lands and state law office. On

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Missionary, Fire Victims Locked in Land Tussle The People, Pg 5
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011

Faith Homes of Kenya director Dr. Fride Nilison is embroiled in a land tussle with hundreds of fire victims in Kiamaiko. The director is accused of orchestrating a ploy to grab a two acre piece of land ear marked for the resettlement of 1984 Kiamaiko/Huruma fire victims by the city council of Nai

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Raila Orders Probe on Land The Standard, Pg 10
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011

Raila Odinga has directed the Ministry of Lands to investigate how a public land that Maasai herdsmen temporarily handed over to the government for livestock development changed hands and became private property. He ordered the ministry to reciver the land and revert is back to the Maasai communi

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PM Orders Land Returned to Public Daily Nation, Pg 10
Monday, 29 Aug 2011

PM had directed that a piece of land under contention between Mumias Sugar and Sugar cane farmers in Busia be given back to the public. The 341.2 hectares parcel of land was reportedly sold off to settle a debt owed to the sugar company by the Busia Sugar Factory, causing uproar from farmers and

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Threats over Land Grabbing Probed Daily Nation, Pg 11
Monday, 29 Aug 2011

Police in Lamu County are investigating several death threats made verbally and through mobile phones to politicians and lobby group members who have spoken out against land grabbing. Police boss Samson Ole Kinne said investigations have been laucnhed after politician Rishad Amana recorded a stat

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