Kenya Railways ordered to pay evicted families Sh20.6 million in damages

Justice Antony Ombwayo said that the rights of the respondents to housing was violated. [iStockphoto]

Kenya Railways has been ordered to pay Sh20.6 million in damages to some 206 families whose homes were flattened to pave way for the rehabilitation of the Nakuru-Kisumu railway line.

This follows a successful petition filed by the families who claimed their eviction was unlawful and maintained that the parcels of land belonged to them.