The Cabinet Secretary for Mining and Blue Economy, Hassan Joho, has ordered developers who have illegally taken over land along the Indian Ocean beaches meant for fish landing sites to vacate willingly or be evicted.
Speaking at the launch of the Ksh256 million construction fish landing site in Kwale, Joho instructed the provisional administrative officers to ensure that any land taken unlawfully is returned to the public. "Check everywhere to ensure that anyone who took the fishermen's landing site returns it to the rightful owners.
Use the power of the government to reclaim and restore what rightfully belongs to the public," Joho speaks to administrative officers.
The Mwaepe Beach Management Unit(BMU) chair, Mwakuzimu Mohammed raised a concern that in Msambweni Sub County, only Msambweni Beach has the title deeds, insisting that the rest of the fish landing sites do not have titles, hence the fish farmers are being harassed.
