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Town in Lamu County, Kenya
Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya on the continent of Africa. Situated 341 kilometres (212 mi) by road northeast of Mombasa that ends at Mokowe Jetty, from where the sea channel has to be crossed to reach Lamu Island, it is the headquarter of Lamu County and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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CS Wahome said that genuine squatters and landowners with legitimate claims will be identified and addressed.
Wahome said the government had identified and secured land for the multi-billion-shilling refinery, amid an ongoing dispute involving residents who claim ancestral and occupation rights over portions of the area.
The Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, Alice Wahome, has warned that there is no free land for squatters to illegally invade. Addressing the issue of more than 5,000 acres of land earmarked for the construction of the Ksh2 trillion Dangote East Africa Oil Refinery in Lamu, Wahome…