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Kakuzi fights off locals’ claim on its prime land

National Land Commission chairman Muhammad Swazuri. FILE PHOTO | NMG

What you need to know:

  • Kakuzi Division Development Association, which has 3,684 members, has petitioned the NLC laying claim to the Kakuzi land.
  • The group argues that Kakuzi was their ancestral land from which they were displaced by the colonial government.
  • NLC has set hearing a date for the case which Kakuzi wants suspended.

NSE-listed agricultural firm Kakuzi Plc has moved to the High court seeking to declare unconstitutional a clause in the Land Act that gives power to National Land Commission to deal with historical injustices as it seeks to keep at bay a group that is seeking to reclaim its 39,323 acres.

The group, Kakuzi Division Development Association, which has 3,684 members, has petitioned the NLC laying claim to the Kakuzi land.