Bedzimba, Joho fault title deed issue

 

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and Kisauni MP Rashid Benzimba during a last function.

Monday, August 19, 2013 - 00:00 -- BY CHARLES MGHENYI

MOMBASA Governor Hassan Joho and Kisauni MP Rashid Bedzimba have faulted plans by the Jubilee government to issue 60,000 title deeds to Coast residents.

The two have began a campaign to sensitise the Coast residents against what they termed as the Jubilee government’s ‘sinister moves’. Speaking at Mlaleo in Kisauni constituency, Joho said the land issue at the Coast is not the exclusive mandate of the national government mandate.
He said local leaders and their people should be consulted if any progress is to be made. Joho said as governor, he is best placed to advise the government on which land should be given to the locals.
“We will only be certain when the Waitiki farm, Dunga Unuse and Kibarani lands are given back to the locals. These should be the first ones to be given back,” he said. Benzimba said Uhuru's government should use the land issue to dupe Coast people.
This comes after Cord principal Raila Odinga on Thursday last week opposed the plans as a move to hoodwink the coast residents into believing the Jubilee government has their interests at heart.
Raila said the land commission is the only organ mandated in the constitution to address the thorny issue of land in country. The Cabinet had on Tuesday approved the issuance of 60,000 title deeds to Coast residents by the end of this month in a move to address the squatter problem there.
He said acres of Kisauni land are owned by private individuals, hence to prove that the national government is out to solve the land issue, they should buy this land and settle the squatters in them.
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