Exit Karen saga, enter Athi River: How Portland is being robbed of Sh40 billion land

Ms Josephine Nduku, a representative of one of the groups that are laying claim on the EAPCC land. Ms Nduku says her ancestors lost the land to Portland and her group is merely reclaiming it. About 11700 acres of land owned by East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) that are being grabbed by a powerful cartel. EAPCC was established 82 years ago when it acquired over 16000 acres in Athi River. [PHOTO: PAUL WAFULA/THE STANDARD]

Kenya: Kenya’s oldest cement maker is about to lose a Sh40 billion parcel of land in what could be the biggest land heist to hit a corporate entity in over a decade, Business Beat can report.

East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) acquired 16,000 acres in Athi River eight decades ago, and we have established that the firm is in the last stages of losing a land battle it has waged with four groups and powerful land grabbers.