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MPs probe irregular acquisition of SGR land by Railways, Sh2.7b payout

Standard Gauge Railways Nairobi terminus. [File, Standard]

Skeletons of the Standard Railway Gauge (SGR) land acquisition process have returned to haunt Kenya Railways Company following revelations that it could have irregularly acquired 74 acres of land where the SGR terminus in Nairobi sits.

The company is also at the centre of a probe by Parliament over the now controversial purchase and payout of Sh2.7 billion for another 55-acre piece of land also occupied by the SGR and acquired from the Dupoto/Darfur settlement welfare scheme.

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