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Widow appeals decision to allow excavation of her land for construction of SGR

Standard Gauge Railway construction

A widow who wants to stop officials of the Chinese company constructing the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from invading her land has taken her case to the Court of Appeal.

Charity Mpano was dissatisfied with Lady Justice Christine Ochieng’s decision not to punish the officials of the China Communications Construction Company, whom she said had invaded her 60-acre land to excavate materials for the construction despite a court order stopping the firm.

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