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Public land must revert to rightful owners

It is always a good thing to see a wrong righted, more so when it is a minister doing it. Which is why the gesture by Lands minister James Orengo to revoke the title deed of Mt Elgon Hospital should be commended.

There was a time in the history of this country when political appointees in parastatals and other State enterprises saw their positions as a chance to ride on the backs of the poor and uninformed, stealing land and other resources, and getting stinking rich in the process.

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