The government needs to take responsibility and act tough if it is to solve the land question at the Coast, a lawyer has said. Advocate Njora Waweru said the government has to adjudicate land in the region and start taxing idle land. He said taxation of land will immediately free up land that could be used to settle squatters. “Land is a commercial asset that should not be held without use,” he said. Speaking during a Law Society of Kenya seminar on new land laws on Friday at a Mombasa hotel, Waweru said absentee landlords at the Coast is a major problem that needs to be tackled...
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