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Nairobi County to block Sh2.5b standard gauge railway payout to city land ‘owners’

The Nairobi County government has moved to court to stop the State from paying Sh2.5 billion to people occupying Embakasi land earmarked for the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR).

In papers filed at the High Court registry, the county wants the court to bar the State from paying the Embakasi residents, claiming the land along the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport flight path and that borders Kenya Railways Marshalling Yard is public property illegally occupied by squatters.

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