National Land Commission chairman Muhammad Swazuri. FILE PHOTO | NMG
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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.