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Blow to tenants as NLC rejects historical land injustice claim

Mombasa residents lend their ears during hearing of historical land injustices by National Land Commission at Bandari Maritime Academy in Mombasa. March 19,2024. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Panic has gripped thousands of Mombasa residents who have built houses on rented land after the National Lands Commission (NLC) rejected their claim of being victims of historical land injustice.

More than 10,000 Mombasa residents have built houses on land belonging to the descendants of former Coast rulers on what is referred to as tenants at will. The tenants pay rent for the land.

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