President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked the National Lands Commission to revoke the allocation of the Kibarani dumpsite land.
He said that the dumpsite be transformed into a recreational site in line with the Mombasa regeneration project.
This followed after his meeting with Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, Cabinet Secretaries Najib Balala (Tourism) and Keriako Tobiko (Environment).
According to minutes of the meeting, the president also agreed to Joho’s request for a city regeneration intervention modelled on the Nairobi Regeneration Programme.
Earlier, National Assembly’s Environment committee had visited the dumpsite for probe into claims of land grabbing.
The MPs had stopped reclamation of the Indian Ocean at areas bordering the dumpsite following the claims.
The legislators, during their Monday tour, said they had summoned Joho to explain the reclamation and why solid waste is being used.
Mombasa Cement, which is doing the reclamation, was also summoned to appear before the committee.