Samburu residents protest alleged land grabbing by a private developer - Kenya | Land Portal

Residents in Loosuk Samburu County held demonstrations over a piece of land stretching for one kilometer that they claim is being grabbed by a private investor. they claimed that the land is ancestral and they had inherited it rightfully pointing out that the private investor had bribed his way into owning the land. the residents further sent out a stern warning to the county government’s officials in charge of land that they will take matters into their own hands should the they fail to respond to their complaints. Yustus Gitungi the acting physical planning, adjudication and settlement officer said that 50 percent of the land in the area has not been adjudicated thus posing land dispute between private land owners and group ranches.


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