A nice country where 6000 Europeans (1% of Kenya population) holds 25% of agricultural land, it was just after the second war. Now thanks to the corrupted Kenyan government all Ministers acquire hectares and hectares of coffee, tea, cereals plantation. Ok they are Kenyans and white people do not hold any more lands in a country where government prefers maintain chaos and deal easy with US and Europeans companies more than build up a real democracy. Del Monte is one of the best clients in the country…
Ministers whose came to power in 2003 use justice corruption to steal farms and lands, but not in the Nairobi’s 143 shantytowns where young people has no jobs and live with one dollar a day, many of them handles pistols and do their own laws.
In fact the Kenya Land Alliance report that half of agricultural land are hold by 20% of the population. Ex boss arap Moi and mafia family such as the Kenyatta holds property respectively about 114.600 and 221.600 acres. Not bad the Rift Valley!
For reports check out East African Standard and this articles at caledonia.org
Also see the January print version of Le Monde Diplomatique for full articles.
