CEO of Dominion Group, Burgess' Dominion Farms has apparently moved into an agricultural area of Kenya, and begun driving out residents in order to supplant them with his corporate farm. According to The Nation here:

Some call it recolonization by corporations. In Siaya, the managers at Dominion Farms erected a massive thirty-foot cross over their compound. According to Kimani and several Yala Swamp residents, the company threatens residents that opposition to the project constitutes opposition to God's will. Some say they've been threatened with crucifixion. "It's a classical colonial strategy to use the cross to hoodwink the people," says Cecil Agutu, organizer of a residents' support group, Friends of Yala Swamp. "At least [under colonial rule] we could see the British. Right now we have one American who flies in and out on a private plane. We can't even see him and yet he controls our resources."

Also, there are allegations of abuse of women prisoners in detention facilities run by the Dominion Group. More on that from the American Friends Service Committee here.


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