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Fears of demolition as Prisons win case against 17 High Ridge residents

17 residents did not prove their case. [iStockphoto]

The Environment and Lands Court in Nakuru has faulted the decision by the Commissioner of Lands alienating public land for private use.

Judge Anthony Ombwayo, in a judgment delivered last week, said the Commissioner of Lands had a duty to protect land alienated from the government and occupied by government departments such as prisons, the police, public works and schools.

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