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Judge awarded Sh40m for unlawful eviction from prime plot

Chief Justice David Maraga (left) accompanied by Environment and Lands Court judge Justice Sila Munyao (centre) and Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi (right) during their visit at Nakuru Children's court. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

A Nakuru-based Judge and his wife have been awarded Sh40.5 million as compensation for land unlawfully taken from them by the County Government of Kakamega.

The county has in addition been ordered to pay Justice Sila Munyao and his wife Linda Chepkorir Ruto Sh2.4 million as costs they incurred in erecting a perimeter wall around the half an acre parcel of land. The wall was demolished by people hired by the devolved unit.

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