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How witnesses collapsed Sh30m case against former land bosses

From left: Former Commissioner of Lands Wilson Gachanja, Jabu Salim Mohamed and Zablon Agwata Mabea before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku last month. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

A case against former Commissioner of Lands Wilson Gachanja and two others over the allocation of public land worth Sh30 million in Kwale county collapsed after witnesses exonerated them.

An analysis of the ruling shows the 10 prosecution witnesses capitulated during cross-examination by the defense team led by lawyer Philip Nyachoti, and gave absolving evidence in the matter touching on the piece of land allocated to a politician, the late Boy Juma Boy.

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