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You'll lose your land if it stays idle for 10 years

A person who doesn't develop his land for over 10 years has no right to claim ownership, a court has ruled.

Environment and Land Court judge Anne Omollo made the decision in a case where Abdalla Juma, a marine engineer, lost his two-acre land in Mombasa to a businessman who developed it while he was abroad.

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