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Family gets reprieve in 70-acre land grab case

Joseph Gaitho Mwago, whose 70-acre piece of land in Subukia, Nakuru County is at the heart of a dispute. [Courtesy]

A family in Nakuru has moved a step forward in their bid to compel the Office of Directorate of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to charge 13 people they accused of grabbing their 70 acres worth about Sh140 million.

The family of the late Joseph Gaitho Mwago has convinced Justice Jairus Ngaah that it has good grounds to file a substantive judicial review case against ODPP’s move to pull back from earlier resolve to prosecute 13 alleged land grabbers.

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