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Sale of Desai House stopped after State seeks special status

Desai House. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The Environment and Lands Court has saved the iconic Desai House from being auctioned after the government moved to preserve it as a national monument.

Justice Samson Okong’o issued the order stopping Keysian Auctioneers from proceeding with the sale of the Sh600 million property originally owned by the late freedom fighter Jashbhai Motibhai Desai before he bequeathed it two children and grandchildren.

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