Nguu Tatu squatters protesting looming eviction outside Mombasa County offices. (Photo/Maxwell)
Nguu Tatu squatters in Kisauni on Wednesday demonstrated to Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho offices protesting against alleged attempts to grab their land.
The squatters who gathered outside the offices in Mombasa disrupted activities of the County court demanding to meet Joho.
The crowd became angry and shouted at the officials who had been sent to address them because the governor was not in the office.
The officials who refused to identify themselves told the squatter that the governor would only be available to address them after the swearing in of Raila Odinga on January 30 this year.
Through their Secretary Corneleus Deche they claimed that a developer, Bandari SACCO, was constructing a perimeter wall threatening to enclose them inside in disregard to a court order stopping such activity.
He said that the dispute was settled in court when the previous owner, Hussein Dairy was restrained from evicting the squatters back in 2013.
Deche said that they were shocked to see Bandari SACCO constructing the perimeter wall surroung their settlements claiming that they bought the land from Hussein Dairy.
“This is in violation of the court order and yet the new claimant has police protection when constructing the illegal wall," he said.
He said that their hope was for the governor to intervene and save them from being rendered homeless by the unscrupulous group.
An elderly woman, Nazi wa Nagala, lamented that she did not know any other home and evicting her was a death sentence.
“I was born at Nguu Tatu and have live there ever since, where do I go," she posed.
Deche said that the squatters would demolish the wall if the government did not.
The squatters were advised to appoint representatives to meet the chief officers concerned with settlements on Thursday for a temporary solution as they waited to meet the governor.
The squatters accepted the suggestion and cooled down tempers saying the delegation would come to plead on behalf of the rest hopping for an amicable solution.