Since then, the villagers have been threatened with eviction from the land which they claim is their ancestral land. Kimanzi said six years ago they were ordered not to bury their loved ones in the land as it belonged to TARDA. Others have borrowed or bought pieces of land in the neighbourhood to bury the dead,” Kimanzi said. “TARDA officers said we could not bury the dead in their land when we had already moved the body from the mortuary. Mating’u Matosha said they have been asked to move out of the land on March 16 or face eviction.

Source: The Star March 14, 2021 18:56 UTC