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Judiciary wins back land grabbed by former magistrate

The Judiciary has been allowed to repossess a prime piece of land in Kisumu City that had been grabbed by a former magistrate and sold to a private developer.

Justice Boaz Olao ruled that the 2-acre piece of land next to the Kisumu Law Court valued at over Sh500 million was irregularly acquired and transferred to two businessmen by former Kisumu Senior Principal Magistrate Charles Oyoo Kanyangi.

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