This Easter Monday, Hon Bishop Margaret Wanjiru addressed a very important issue on her weekly program broadcasted by KTN.She was on record how Kenyans need to hold onto their land no matter the circumstances. She also castigated those individuals and government officials who have been disposing off land to foreigners in an ambiguous manner. It is in public domain that Kenya has systematically ceded her substantial land to foreigners yet nothing is being done about it.
It is a pity that part of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has been leased to Qataris for the so called development while a flagship five-star hotel was sold off to Libyans last year in a controversial deal.
It is no secret that Eastleigh has been sold to the Somalis and other foreigners while most of the horticultural and floricultural farms are in the hands of Europeans and Americans investors. At the moment, Migingo Island is at the verge of disappearing in the hands of Ugandan Government. It is alarming to say the least how Kenya is ceding her productive land yet millions are squatters in their own country.
Leasing our land to foreigners is tantamount to relinquishing our birthrights. We should resist the temptation to do so however lucrative the deal is as this will surely haunt us at a foreseeable future.
James Mwangi Kanyi
Nairobi.
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