Agony of Kwale locals harassed by developers keen on ancestral lands

The Star Kenya

Tiwi residents in Kwale County have expressed their frustration over escalating harassment by land grabbers.

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00:00We are united because we are fighting for our rights.

00:05But I see that there is a misunderstanding

00:10that has been created by the authorities to oppress us.

00:16Because we don't have a visa,

00:20and we don't have the right to apply for a visa.

00:24We have the law.

00:27We went to the court to get our land.

00:31Because we have a lot of land that has been eaten

00:35by wild animals.

00:37We don't know how they got it.

00:40And because we went to the court,

00:43even the court heard us.

00:45We got a court order.

00:47We were given nothing.

00:49We went to the county where we didn't get a court order.

00:52Not even one.

00:54We went to the county where we didn't get a court order.

00:58Because the court said that we can't do anything.

01:02We can't build a house.

01:05We can't do anything.

01:07Until the court is over,

01:09then we'll know what our right is.

01:12And the one who was there,

01:14we want to know what he got.

01:17If he has a right, we'll let him go.

01:20But if he doesn't have a right,

01:22we'll let him go.

01:24So now, we believe that the law

01:26will get it's due.

01:28And I believe that the government

01:30will know that the right of the land

01:32is the right of all the tribes.

01:34But the problem is that we are told

01:36that we can't do anything.

01:38Even if we try, we can't do anything.

01:40There are our lands that we are fighting for.

01:43That is the Diani Complex,

01:45from Tiwi to Diani.

01:47But the problem is that

01:49these lands have been eaten

01:51and we have a lot of land

01:53that has been confiscated.

01:57In Tiwi, Kibwaga,

02:00there is an OCS

02:02who confiscated land from Ekasaba.

02:05And he started building a fence.

02:09We built a fence,

02:11and he hit the fence.

02:13And that's how we got the land

02:15of the Diani Complex.

02:17We took it to the court.

02:19We cried our eyes out.

02:21And we said,

02:23yes, we want these lands.

02:25But when we got the court order,

02:27we were told

02:29that this case is still going on.

02:31And those who are building there,

02:33they can raise their voices

02:35until the case is over.

02:37But the problem is that

02:39we found out that the construction

02:41is still going on.

02:43So we are asking the government

02:45to look at this.

02:47We are asking the government

02:49to look at this.

02:51We are asking the government

02:53to look at this.

03:17We are asking the government

03:19to look at this.

03:21We are asking the government

03:23to look at this.

03:25We are asking the government

03:27to look at this.

03:29We are asking the government

03:31to look at this.

03:33We are asking the government

03:35to look at this.

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