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Govt
revokes land allocations at Rift Valley's controversial Likia
settlement
Publication
Date: 12/15/2004 Nation-FM-Radio
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Updated Date: 12/15/2004 11:50:31 AM GMT+03:00
The Government
has revoked land allocations at Rift Valley's controversial Likia
settlement Scheme. The scheme was rocked by violent clashes two
months ago. Close to 1,600 acres will revert to forest land and
471 deeds will be cancelled.
The land was excised from the Likia forest, which is a water
catchment area in the Mau Forest Escarpment which drains to the
Sondu and Mara rivers.
During the violence two months ago, three people died and several
were injured before the government intervened to restore peace.
During a visit to the scheme last weekend, the Minister in charge
of internal security, Chris Murungaru gave the farmers who had
cultivated in the forest time to harvest their crop and thereafter
to leave.
He directed Rift Valley provincial commissioner Wilfred Ndolo to
stop further cultivation. Murungaru said the conflict in Likia
scheme was a reflection of land disputes resulting from lack of a
proper land policy.
Source: http://www.nationmedia.com/nationfm/mediaArchives.asp?id=7803&Type=News
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