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NLC cannot hear complaints on private land ownership, court declares

National Lands Commission Chairman Prof. Mohammed Swazuri addressing Journalists at Duka Moja in Narok East. [File, Standard]

The High Court has barred the National Land Commission from handling disputes between two private individuals.

In a suit where a private firm is fighting to keep Sh77 million land whose ownership is disputed by former freedom fighter Fred Kubai’s family, the court ruled that NLC has no role to interrogate or review complaints in private land ownership rows.

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