By VICTOR RABALLAMore by this AuthorBy RUSHDIE OUDIAMore by this AuthorThe Kisumu County government of has locked horns with jua kali artisans over the ownership of a 23-acre parcel of land. While the county administration intends to put up a multi-million market complex, the jua kali artisans on the other hand are laying claim to eight acres within the same piece of land and allege that the county has encroached on it. But the jua kali traders claim they have a title deed for the land which they say was given to them through a presidential decree. But Kisumu Center Jua Kali Artisans Association Treasurer David Odanga claimed the county and the national governments have not been engaging them, only to surprise them with what they termed “ambush” into their land. “The land we are currently occupying is legally ours and we have paid land rates and have land clearance from the ministry of land,” said Mr Odanga.

Source: Daily Nation December 05, 2019 04:18 UTC