The Environment and Land Court has given unregistered occupants of a parcel of land belonging to late tycoon Gerishon Kirima seventy days to vacate or face eviction on January 1. Nairobi-based Capital Fm reports quoting court filings and ruling
The verdict was rendered on Monday in consolidated suits revolving around claims of adverse possession by at least 300 occupants with the oldest case dating back to 2011.
Justice Samson Okong’o, sitting at the Kisumu Law Courts, ruled that the 300 had no valid claim on the parcels they occupied in Njiru within Nairobi’s Embakasi region, dismissing assertions of adverse possession as unmerited.
The court further dismissed claims by Self Help Groups identified as Kamatuto and Naridai Muoroto on similar grounds.
Justice Okong’o however allowed prayers by ten defendants ordering the administrators of Kirima’s estate to conclude the sale of affected portions within ninety days.