President William Ruto has tasked the newly nominated Cabinet Secretaries from the Coast with drafting a plan for solving the challenges of absentee landlords in the region.
Speaking in Lunga Lunga on Saturday, July 7, the Head of State noted that Mining CS nominee Hassan Joho and his Trade Counterpart Salim Mvurya would be instrumental in helping the government address the challenges of squatters at the coast.
Together with Senate Speaker Amason Kingi, the President directed the leaders to begin engagement with the Ministry of Lands on how the process would be undertaken.
He asserted that the two CS nominees were senior leaders in the region and understood the issues that affected the locals better.
According to the President, the plan should be rolled out this year with Ksh1 billion already allocated to the initiative.
"The coastal region now has three top leaders in this government. I want to give them a task. We promised people that we would solve the land issue at the coast.
"I want these leaders including the two CS nominees and the Senate Speaker to sit down with the CS of lands so that they come up with a framework on how we will deal with this issue. My desire is to have the process start this year," the Head of State announced.
Further, the President expressed that the government intended to finish the issue of squatters within the Coastal Kenya.
He added that many families would get title deeds once the issue of absentee landlords is solved.
"We want to ensure that people from this region get title deeds even as we deal with the problem of squatters," he added.
On the other hand, he called on Kenyans to rally behind the broad-based government he unveiled in the last two weeks.
He expressed that he intended to unite Kenyans by appointing members of the opposition to various Cabinet slots.
