Kenya’s President ordered his government to repossess illegally appropriated areas of land, in the Lamu County, that he said were causing instability in northern regions.
Uhuru Kenyatta, said that a government audit showed that, over 500,000 acres, had been acquired by companies "under dubious and corrupt circumstances."
Reuters reports that diplomats and security analysts have said that extremist militants may have tapped into the grievances among the traditional coastal people who complain that they are still views as squatters on ancestral land while Kenyans from other regions have obtained deeds to own the land.
"The level of impunity revealed by the audit is unprecedented, untenable and unacceptable. This criminal conspiracy has ... also helped fuel the current insecurity being experienced in the region, and frustrated our efforts in building cohesion in the country," Kenyatta said to local community leaders in Lamu on Thursday.
The news comes as a recent report carried out a group of over 65 activist organisations accused the World Bank, UN and Kenyan government of complicity in 'genocidal' land grabs under the guise of climate change schemes.
Uhuru Kenyatta, said that a government audit showed that, over 500,000 acres, had been acquired by companies "under dubious and corrupt circumstances."
Reuters reports that diplomats and security analysts have said that extremist militants may have tapped into the grievances among the traditional coastal people who complain that they are still views as squatters on ancestral land while Kenyans from other regions have obtained deeds to own the land.
"The level of impunity revealed by the audit is unprecedented, untenable and unacceptable. This criminal conspiracy has ... also helped fuel the current insecurity being experienced in the region, and frustrated our efforts in building cohesion in the country," Kenyatta said to local community leaders in Lamu on Thursday.
The news comes as a recent report carried out a group of over 65 activist organisations accused the World Bank, UN and Kenyan government of complicity in 'genocidal' land grabs under the guise of climate change schemes.