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Hoteliers, environmentalists clash with dredger off Diani coast over sand

South Coast's Diani beach Stake holders protesting aboard a speed boat against a vessel MV Willem Van Oranje harvesting sand in the Indian Ocean waters at South Coast's Diani Indian Ocean Waters in Kwale County on Saturday,027th April,2019. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]

Opposition to beach sand harvesting off  Diani Beach in Kwale County went a notch higher over the weekend after protestors used powerful outboard engine boats to block a contracted dredger from scooping sand from under water.

It was a scene reminiscent of protests by Greenpeace activists known to block huge vessels that carry out whaling activities off the Coast of Japan sea.

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