Landmark ruling as Thika squatters win 40-acre land tussle of 19 years.
Former Del Monte (formerly Kenya Canners Ltd and
previously Agro-French Factory) employees sacked during the colonial era and
ejected from their previous land along the Nairobi-Nyeri Highway at Makenji in
Kabati Murang’a county, now have a reason to smile after a Kiambu court
ruled that they were the bonafide owners of a 40-acre piece of land near
Makongeni estate Thika.
(Related story: Angry Gachagi residents force MCA to flee over land dispute.)
In her ruling, Environment and Land High Court judge Lady Justice Lucy Mbugua annulled an eviction suit filed by a firm that secured a title deed for the land in 1991 and directed that the parcel that is located along the Thika-Garissa highway, be equally subdivided among the 1000 residents of Gacagi slums in Thika.
In her ruling, Environment and Land High Court judge Lady Justice Lucy Mbugua annulled an eviction suit filed by a firm that secured a title deed for the land in 1991 and directed that the parcel that is located along the Thika-Garissa highway, be equally subdivided among the 1000 residents of Gacagi slums in Thika.
The former Kenya Canners staff were settled on the
land in 1964 through a directive by then President Jomo Kenyatta.
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