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What is compulsory acquisition of land?

We have overheard that the Government has plans in the pipeline to improve the road network in our area. However, the State would be forced to acquire ancestral land from some families to get space for infrastructural development. Does the law allow the State to acquire private property for any reason legally?

Erica, Nairobi

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