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Sirikwa squatters defy order to leave Mark Too's land

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A section of Sirikwa squatters at the 25,000-acre disputed land in Eldoret on November 21, 2022. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Efforts by the police to evict squatters from a 25,000-acre disputed land in Eldoret proved futile.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Kisumu ruled, last Friday, that the 1,000 Sirikwa Squatters were the rightful owners of the vast land in Uasin Gishu County.

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