He said in evidence before Justice Oscar Angote the land situated in Mwashundwani, Hindi Magogoni “is not ancestral land as claimed by over 100 local residents who have been sued by Stima Investment Cooperative Society for encroaching into its property”. The residents, through their lawyer Tukero ole Kina, have urged Justice Oscar Angote to declare the land in dispute their ancestral land and revert it to them. Justice Angote heard that investigations conducted by Mr Swazuri had established that nobody had settled on the land when Stima Investment Co-operative Society bought it from Mr Omar. He said “the Local Chief and Local Committee Report (CLMB) affirms that the land is not ancestral land as there are also no aged crops like mango, cashewnuts or coconut to prove that the land had inhabitants before”. Stima Investment Co-operative Society is urging the court to bar the residents from interfering with the land.

Source: Daily Nation November 16, 2016 17:56 UTC