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Former CEC cry's foul after house on alleged grabbed land demolished

When Kenya Railways Corporation evicted families and demolished houses illegally built on its land. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]

A former Trans Nzoia County Executive Member was left in tears after her rental apartment in Kitale was demolished in the ongoing exercise targeting occupiers of alleged grabbed public land.

Ms Elizabeth Nyongesa, who served in former governor Patrick Khaemba's administration as lands CEC, claimed ownership of the property and parcel of land that she said she acquired through leasehold for 99 years since 1981.

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