President William Ruto has assigned his newly nominated Coastal CS Salim Mvurya(Trade) and Hassan Joho(Mining and Blue Economy) to deal with issues of land in the Coastal region, once they assume office.
Speaking in Kwale on Saturday, Ruto directed the two leaders as well as the senate speaker Amason Kingi to organize with Lands CS and come up with a plan of dealing with absentee landlords and squatters in the region.
Ruto noted that since the trio are senior leaders in the region, they have a better understanding of the issue.
He added that already Kshs1 billion has been set aside for the initiative which should be rolled out before the end of the year.
“The coastal region now has three top leaders in this government. I want to give them a task. We promised people that we would solve the land issue at the coast.
“I want these leaders including the two CS nominees and the Senate Speaker to sit down with the CS of lands so that they come up with a framework on how we will deal with this issue. My desire is to have the process start this year,” he said while speaking in Lunga Lunga.
