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CS Tobiko allows Ex-PS to bury brother on disputed land

Police and Kenya Forest Service officers at the grave of Josphat Mwaisaka, who was supposed to be buried on Saturday. [Renson Mnyamwezi, Standard]

The family of a former Cabinet secretary has been allowed to bury his brother on forest land.

Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers had on Saturday blocked the burial of Jasphat Mwaisaka, the brother of Philemon Mwaisaka, on a plot bordering Iyale forest, claiming it was Government land. 

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