We will not give in to demands by absentee landlords, Ruto says Counties 16 min ago
The President said Kenyans would no longer have to live in fear of eviction, linking the title-deed programme to his 2022 campaign pledge to address the Coast’s longstanding land question.
President William Ruto has revealed that some absentee landlords are demanding billions of shillings in compensation for land earmarked for the resettlement of squatters at the Coast, warning that his administration will not be forced to pay what he described as prohibitive prices.
Dr Ruto said his administration had a solution to what he described as the region’s colonial land question, which he said had left generations of Coast residents living as squatters.
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