AG Githu Muigai asks to join case on disputed plot

Justice Anthony Ompwayo (right) presides over a land case between Keiyo Teachers SACCO and the Kenya Prison Services at the site in Kiplombe, Uasin Gishu County yesterday. 
(PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/STANDARD)

The controversy surrounding the land recommended for the construction of the Sh28 billion new Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) deepened yesterday, after the Attorney General filed an application to be enjoined in a civil suit filed by Keiyo Teachers SACCO.

The tussle over the 100-acre parcel of land classified as Block 10 D in Eldoret Municipality pits the SACCO against the Kenya Prison Services, where the latter is accused of denying the SACCO access to develop the land they claim to have bought in 2004 from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).