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Taxpayers to foot Sh1b bill after a man wins Mtongwe naval land case

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When former President Uhuru Kenyatta unveiled a plaque during the commissioning of the Kenya Shipyards Limited at Mtongwe Naval Base in Mombasa County on December 17, 2021. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The decision by the government to compulsorily acquire land for the construction of housing sections of Mtongwe Rifle Range and Naval Dockyard is to cost the taxpayer Sh1.14 billion.

In his judgment, Land and Environment Court Judge Justice Lucas Naikuni observed that after compulsorily acquiring the land, the government had to compensate Najmudin Noorali Mohamed Ali and even change its title, but had not done so by the time the case was filed.

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