Sixty-three squatters have been arrested in the controversial Kiwandani Farm in Kilifi.
Those arrested had erected makeshift houses on the 270-acre land, which for two months has led to protests.
The land ownership is under investigation by the National Land Commission and the National Assembly Committee on Land.
A British settler claims ownership, but the Nayeni-Mbuyuni Squatters Association say it is their ancestral land.
Association chairman Baraka Thoya said police destroyed their houses and arrested 20 people.
“We were told to stay in this land by Governor Amason Kingi and NLC chairman Muhammad Swazuri when we went to NLC last month,” he said.
Forty-three others were arrested after they led a peaceful protest to the Kilifi police station to demand the release of those detained in the raid.
Kilifi police boss Justine Nyaga said the 20 arrested on the land will be charged with trespass, while the 43 will be charged with creating disturbance at a police station.
Last week, Kingi asked the squatters to follow what the NLC letter says.
The NLC instructed all parties to stay where they were before, but no development should take place on the land until the matter is concluded.
