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Mombasa County wins case for 600-acre land worth Sh3.8 billion

The county government of Mombasa has won a battle to reclaim 600-acres of land valued at Sh3.8 billion which had been irregularly allocated to two businessmen.

Justice Eric Ogola on Friday ruled that the two businessmen Salim Abeid Said and Thuwena Ahmed Muhamad failed to prove their claim to the land leaving the court convinced that their allotment letters were fraudulently obtained.

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