Kenya's Murang’a county is home to Kakuzi, the food producer and exporter that occupies some 39,300 acres. Land ownership in this fertile area is out of reach for many who consider it their ancestral…
RFI | 26/12/2020
Kakuzi : Squatters in Kenya s Murang a county speak of colonisation on their ancestral lands
Kenya s Murang a county is home to Kakuzi, the food producer and exporter that occupies some 39,300 acres [15,904 ha]. Land ownership in this fertile area is out of reach for many who consider it their ancestral home. But legal battles over land distribution could shape the economic outlook of the area.
Kakuzi, a colonial throwback whose majority shareholder is the British company Camellia Plc, is facing a number of lawsuits, the latest which centres around land rights.
Approximately 10,000 squatters are laying claim to the land the farm sits on. Formed in the early 1900 s, Kakuzi mainly forged its business around agriculture and agricultural produce.