Trader now seeks caveat on DP William Ruto’s Weston Hotel land

Martin Njeru, an Embu businessman, speaks to journalists outside Embu Law Courts Tuesday. He has moved to court seeking to restrain Deputy President William Ruto from transferring or dealing with the land on which Weston Hotel sits. [PHOTO: JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD]

KENYA: An Embu businessman has moved to court seeking to restrain Deputy President William Ruto from transferring or dealing with the land on which Weston Hotel sits.

Under a certificate of urgency, Martin Njeru, a land dealer, wants the court to issue temporary orders against Ruto and his agents; restraining them from further alienating, transferring, wasting or dealing with the land until his application and the petition are heard and determined.