How evicted firm almost conned State of Sh432m

A group of men carry the gate to Easton Police Station after it was demolished on Wednesday following the State’s repossession of public land in Ruai. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Renton Company, the firm evicted from the sewerage land in Ruai, had attempted to fraudulently sell the 1,600-acre parcel to the government for Sh432 million.

The Standard has obtained documents that provide a rare peak into a deal that would have robbed the country of land and cash.