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Pupils get back playground sold illegally to two private developers

Kakamega Primary School pupils play during lunchtime break. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Three judges have handed disputed prime plots to Kakamega Primary School with a population of over 2,800 pupils even though a supermarket and private developer had started constructing a high-rise building on the properties.

Justices Mumbi Ngugi, Patrick Kiage and Francis Tuiyott said Yako Supermarket and Sudhir Khetia held illegal claims to Kakamega Town Block 11/292 and 11/252 after they were duped to buy them from third parties knowing very well they belonged to the public school.

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