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Kidero disowns family house demolition

City Hall has demanded a list of expired land leases from the National Land Commission (NLC). This comes days after a family was evicted in Westlands and their house demolished by a developer claiming he had taken over ownership of the property.

Governor Evans Kidero Wednesday faulted NLC, saying the commission might have renewed the land lease without consulting his government, leading to the eviction of Purin Kurji, 74, who claimed to have owned the land since 1972.

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