Agony of Kwale locals harassed by developers keen on ancestral lands
Tiwi residents in Kwale County have expressed their frustration over escalating harassment by land grabbers.
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00:00We are united because we are fighting for our rights.
00:05But I see that there is a misunderstanding
00:10that has been created by the authorities to oppress us.
00:16Because we don't have a visa,
00:20and we don't have the right to apply for a visa.
00:24We have the law.
00:27We went to the court to get our land.
00:31Because we have a lot of land that has been eaten
00:35by wild animals.
00:37We don't know how they got it.
00:40And because we went to the court,
00:43even the court heard us.
00:45We got a court order.
00:47We were given nothing.
00:49We went to the county where we didn't get a court order.
00:52Not even one.
00:54We went to the county where we didn't get a court order.
00:58Because the court said that we can't do anything.
01:02We can't build a house.
01:05We can't do anything.
01:07Until the court is over,
01:09then we'll know what our right is.
01:12And the one who was there,
01:14we want to know what he got.
01:17If he has a right, we'll let him go.
01:20But if he doesn't have a right,
01:22we'll let him go.
01:24So now, we believe that the law
01:26will get it's due.
01:28And I believe that the government
01:30will know that the right of the land
01:32is the right of all the tribes.
01:34But the problem is that we are told
01:36that we can't do anything.
01:38Even if we try, we can't do anything.
01:40There are our lands that we are fighting for.
01:43That is the Diani Complex,
01:45from Tiwi to Diani.
01:47But the problem is that
01:49these lands have been eaten
01:51and we have a lot of land
01:53that has been confiscated.
01:57In Tiwi, Kibwaga,
02:00there is an OCS
02:02who confiscated land from Ekasaba.
02:05And he started building a fence.
02:09We built a fence,
02:11and he hit the fence.
02:13And that's how we got the land
02:15of the Diani Complex.
02:17We took it to the court.
02:19We cried our eyes out.
02:21And we said,
02:23yes, we want these lands.
02:25But when we got the court order,
02:27we were told
02:29that this case is still going on.
02:31And those who are building there,
02:33they can raise their voices
02:35until the case is over.
02:37But the problem is that
02:39we found out that the construction
02:41is still going on.
02:43So we are asking the government
02:45to look at this.
02:47We are asking the government
02:49to look at this.
02:51We are asking the government
02:53to look at this.
03:17We are asking the government
03:19to look at this.
03:21We are asking the government
03:23to look at this.
03:25We are asking the government
03:27to look at this.
03:29We are asking the government
03:31to look at this.
03:33We are asking the government
03:35to look at this.