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Kenya's ex-President Moi fined for land grab
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Ann Marie Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 May 2019 06:03:05 -0500
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May 17, 2019
BBC News Africa


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Daniel arap Moi ruled Kenya from 1978 to 2002Image caption: Daniel arap Moi
ruled Kenya from 1978 to 2002


A High Court in Kenya has ordered former President Daniel arap Moi to pay
nearly $10m (£8m) to a family for illegally acquiring their 53-acre parcel
of land 36 years ago, local media reports say.

Privately-owned newspaper Daily Nation
<https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Moi-loses-case-on-prime-land--ordered-to-pay-family-Sh1bn/1056-5119120-9urf0qz/index.html>
says
on 21 September, 1983, the former head of state ordered officials to
register the land, owned by former chief Noah Kipngeny Chelugui, under his
name.

The paper says Mr Moi then sold the land 24 years later to a company owned
by the Jaswant Rai family.

Kenya's leading TV station Citizen TV
<https://citizentv.co.ke/news/court-orders-ex-president-moi-to-pay-ksh-1-billion-compensation-for-grabbed-land-247914/>
reported
that the judge said the acquisition of the land was done in an "unlawful
manner", and "not worthy of any constitutional protection".

In its ruling, the High Court in Eldoret in Kenya's Rift valley region said
Mr Moi's action was unlawful and ordered both the former ruler and the
Kenyan company Rai Plywood, linked to the Rai family, to pay Mr Chelugui's
family about $10m, which is the current market value of the land.

The former chief's 85-year-old wife and son sued Mr Moi, Rai Plywood and
other entities.







-- 
Ann Marie

"The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to
ignore."  -- Mardy Grothe

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