The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered 32 acres of Marine Reserve land in Chale Island Kwale county from nine alleged land grabbers.
This is after the commission won a case it had lodged against the alleged grabbers including Swahili Beach Resort.
The land valued at Sh 1.2 billion used to be used as a Kaya Shrine before it was grabbed and illegally allotted to the influential individuals in the KANU era.
The commissions CEO Twalib Mbaraka on Monday led a team from his office and the County Government of Kwale to reclaim the land.
Twalib said they were on a mission to recover all grabbed marine sites in Kwale County saying recovering Chale Island marine Land was a big win for them.
Twalib sent a warning to all land grabbers saying he wa coming for them regardless of who they were and the commission would not relent the war against land.
“The law will catch up with you. This marine land will go back to the Kaya community that hosts the Kaya elders’ shrines,” Twalib said.
He said EACC would also go after Chenze ranch in Kinango Kwale valued at Sh 300 million so that can recover it too back to the states.
He said the commission was also looking to recover the grabbed land in Chenze ranch in Kinango Kwale County which he said is worth Sh 300 million.
Twalib said the commission went to court in 2020 and won the case against land grabbers who had divided the Chale Island which is a heritage site.
He said the community requires the Kaya shrines but also, they need investors to be able to benefit.
The EACC boss asked investors in such heritage sites to understand and respect the traditions of the locals and vice versa.
He also urged the public to participate in fighting off corruption being perpetrated by traffic police officers across the country.
