The MP Mr. Mwatele stated (and I quote from Nation Newspaper of Monday, March 17, 2007):
“This country is ours and no one should think that he/she is better than the other just because of the community they were born in,” he said.
Mr Mwatela singled out resources like tourism, water, wildlife, mining and the port of Mombasa as major contributors to the exchequer and yet the region was the least developed.
Mr Mwazo said the Coast MPs were now speaking with one voice, making the fight for their share in government easier.
He said it was unfortunate that Taita and Taveta districts are owned by two families when the entire community is landless.
“These are some of the injustices we are fighting to eradicate by tabling a motion that will curtail influential people from holding a whole community to ransom,” he said.
Earlier, the MP warned owners of huge tracts of land to brace for a radical change in land ownership in the area once their lawyers take the issue to court.”)
Remarks:
The question regarding the distribution of land is an important concern to each and every Kenyan. There is no good reason why two families can own a whole district and the rest are their squatters. Theoretically, all land within the boundary of Kenya is owned by the state or government for that matter.
Those families or politicians who unfairly took tracts of land from other Kenyans need to surrender them. We are all Kenyans and there is no reasaon why the Kenyatta or Kibaki or Moi families should horde land. After all, their families were/are not more special than others. Kenya was/is bound to have leaders, whether there was a Kenyatta, a Moi or a Kibaki as leader. None of them was Godsent like Moses in the bible.
Let Kenyans get their land back unconditionally.
Kiambu
The justice and reconciliation committee will have to handle this issue of land with great care as it is a very delicate concern. This is because it affects people directly, not only in Coast province but in most parts of Kenya’s arable land.
The historic resettlement schemes, the bogus acquisition of land, among other irregular land ownership should be dealt with once and for all so that we move to the next level of social and economic development as one people. Kenya is one for all and all for one! Ethnocentrism and selfishness should now be a thing of the past. That way, Kenyans may dwell in unity, peace and liberty thus plenty be found within our borders for the common good of all Kenyans.