High Court to hear land petition in university expansion scheme

The proposed site for Mama Ngina University in Mutomo, Gatundu South in Kiambu County. [John Muchucha, Standard]

The High Court in Thika will hear a petition in which residents of Mutomo village in Gatundu South are challenging a plan to acquire their land compulsorily.

Justice B.M Eboso dismissed an application by the National Land Commission (NLC), seeking to bar the court from hearing the petition.