Other groups are encouraged to move onto vacant public or private land by political investors keen to harvest their political vote at an opportune moment.
There are also commercial squatters who target vacant land, private or public, for settlement then frustrate the legitimate owners to submission.
If the current law is strictly applied, many land owners, be they public or private, will detest it.
While the law prohibits any unlawful occupation of any land, it calls for a very meticulous and rigorous eviction procedure, obliging land owners to notify any unlawful occupiers of either private, public or community land of any intended eviction.
For unregistered community land, the law provides that the notice be served on the County Executive Committee Member responsible for land matters.
