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Family battles bank to get back Sh60m auctioned home

From left, Paul Njenga, Esther Njenga, Elijah Njenga, Emmanuel Njenga and Daniel Njenga with their lawyer Simiyu Wabuge (third right) at the Milimani Law Courts yesterday. The siblings are challenging the sale of their home by Standard Chattered Bank. [George Njunge, Standard]

A family of five has asked the court to help them recover their ancestral home sold by a bank to recover Sh5 million loan.

In the suit filed by brothers Daniel Njenga and Paul Kagunda, the siblings said they had been homeless for seven years after Standard Chartered Bank auctioned their home to recover a loan their late mother Jane Wanjiru Njenga allegedly guaranteed a Mr Joseph Njuguna.

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