Land dispute to cost KIST Sh2.2 billion project as deadline extension fails to yield fruits

Kiambu residents and students of Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) when they held demonstrations over the alleged grabbing of the institute's land. [Kamau Maichuhie/Standard]

Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) could lose a Sh2.2 billion German-funded project unless a last-minute intervention in a protracted land dispute is made.

German Development Cooperation, which is funding the project, had initially given KIST until June 1 to secure a title deed for the land on which the project is to be constructed.