[Article source: The Star, story by Chari Suche @charisuche1]
Kenya Land Alliance on Monday said it will write to the government to advocate the rights of residents where minerals extractions is underway. The NGO’s legal officer David Achero while speaking at a forum in Matuga, Kwale County said they have received grievances by communities living in the mining zones. The meeting was attended by the communities from Nguluku and Maumba who were relocated to Bwiti to pave way for the Base Titanium mining site. Bwiti already had squatters and the community members who want to make investments on the land are unable to do so because it is disputed land. The residents said a relocation agreement has not been honoured.
Mining PS John Omenge visited Bwiti on August 10 and stated that the government would set up a committee to resolved the dispute. The commitee was supposed to commence sittings on August 27.
