Trader reclaims Sh200m property after two decades of legal battle

Welsa Bange Oganda (right) and his son Fredrick Oganda outside their controversial premises at Buxton in Mombasa County on Friday 24th February 2017. Oganda won a suit to have back his premises from Coast Professional Freighters Limited. Photo/Kelvin Karani

A businessman has reclaimed his prime property after a 20-year legal battle.

In 1998, a financial institution auctioned Welsa Oganda's property, including a hotel, to recover a loan he had borrowed in 1975.