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Ghosts of Ruaraka land back to haunt Swazuri, ministry

Former National Lands Commission (NLC) chairman Mohammed Swazuri. [File, Standard]

The ghost of the controversial payment of Sh1.5 billion in the Ruaraka land scandal has returned to haunt the key architects barely two months after Auditor General Edward Ouko for the second time queried its acquisition.

On Friday, the High Court finally declared that the 13.77-acre parcel of land in Ruaraka registered as LR NO. 7879/4 where two schools -- Ruaraka High School and Drive Inn Primary School -- sit was public land.

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