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Athi River homeowners did not know land was disputed

A woman gasps as a bulldozer demolishes a home in Athi River. The land the evictees occupied had a mother title under a company called Aimi Ma Lukenya. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

Hundreds of people who have lost their homes in Athi River may not have been aware that the land was contested.

It is puzzling how the developers and homeowners were caught flatfooted after a court struck out a case filed by the society that sold the land to hundreds of people.

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