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Why Ruto will not pay for Weston hotel land

Weston Hotel situated along Lang'ata road, Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

A hotel associated with Deputy President William Ruto says it would be unjust to force it to compensate a State agency for land on which it sits as that would amount to paying twice for the same property.

This is in a response to a suit by Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) which wants Weston Hotel ordered to surrender the land along Nairobi’s Lang’ata Road after the National Land Commission (NLC) ruled the parcel was public land.

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