Thu, 11 Jan 2018 07:35:11 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO GOVERNMENT says it has no option but to revoke the title deed given to an individual who bought the whole island on Lake Tanganyika, a move that could displace 1000 people. Villagers on Lake Tanganyika Island were last year shocked to learn that the whole island had been sold and they were now illegal occupants. Efforts by Government to build a school which the PF promised voters in last year’s campaigns were also rebuffed as the owner allegedly told them that it was overstepping its boundaries as the land in question was in private hands. The uncompromising “owner” of the island advised Government not to tamper with his land by putting up a Government school as doing would be wasting its time and resources because he was going to relocate all the inhabitants of the island to the mainland. But speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday, […]
