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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) board chairperson, Kembi Gitura, has lost his bid to reclaim land ownership in which the Nairobi Southern Bypass sits through a court battle decided on Wednesday, October 6.<\/p>\n

Gitura, who is now the chairperson of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), lost in a court battle to overturn an earlier decision made by the National Land Commission (NLC) revoking his title of prime land located in Lang’ata.<\/p>\n

Court’s verdict established that the former Murang’a Senator had encroached into the land reserved for the transport corridor for the Embakasi – Kibera Railway line and Nairobi Southern Bypass (Trans African Highway) development.<\/p>\n

He moved to court in seeking to have him declared legal and registered owner of the property which he purchased in 2008 from Ramji Rama & Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n

In his court papers, he even insisted that after buying the land, he was issued with a certificate of the lease.<\/p>\n

Justice Loice Komingoi of the Environment and Lands Court ruled that the property is public land.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not in dispute that the plan that guides development in the area shows no indications of private property in that location,\u201d stated Justice Komingoi in her ruling.<\/p>\n

Justice Komingoi further stated that Gitura had an opportunity to argue his case through a public notice issued by the NLC prior o the revocation of the title deed in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cGitura does not claim that he was not aware of the public hearings, rather than the notice did not accord him the opportunity to know the allegations and\/or the case he was required to answer. In my view this sounds far-fetched,\u201d the Judge ruled.<\/p>\n

President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed Gitura to head the Communications Authority amidst investigations on financial misappropriations at Kemsa.<\/p>\n

Gitura was the chair of the KEMSA board for close to two years, a period that was marred with allegations of graft and fraud.<\/p>\n

The former Murang’a’s Senator loss comes even as a section of leaders allied to Deputy President William Ruto claimed that the government was mulling to demolish Weston Hotel which is located in Lang’ata.<\/p>\n

Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has been in a court battle with Weston over the ownership of the land. KCAA in their arguments insists that their land belongs to them.<\/p>\n

But the court is yet to make the final ruling on the land ownership wrangles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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