KANU loses a court battle over the ownership of KICC land
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High Court declares that the land housing KICC belongs to the government, revokes the title held by KANU
High Court declares that the land housing KICC belongs to the government, revokes the title held by KANU.
The High Court sitting in Milimani has ruled that the land housing the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) belongs to the government.
Justice Jacqueline Mogeni said the land was illegally and unlawfully acquired by KANU.
In a ruling on Monday, Judge Jackline Mogenyi said that the commissioner of lands in 1989 had no power to alienate the land to KANU.
She revoked the title issued in the name of KANU and issued a declaration that the Ministry of Tourism is the lawful owner of the land.
“The Allocation of the property to Kanu without following legal procedure is unlawful and illegal,” she said.
“The suit property as registered issued in the name of PS under the ministry of tourism is appropriate,” the court ruled.
The judge questioned how the late President Daniel Arap Moi was allocated the land not surveyed and allotted for public use.
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She observed that KANU did not in evidence present the procedure of how Public land was alienated and then allocated to the Chairman of a political party.
She said the commissioner of lands had no power to alienate suit premises to KANU.
Kanu filed the case before the Environment and Land Court in 2020. It sought to reclaim the land saying it was allocated to it in May 1969 by the commissioner of lands.
For years, KANU has claimed ownership of the property and had listed it among its assets in filings to the Registrar of Political Parties.
KICC was thought to be the property of KANU until President Mwai Kibaki’s government took over it in 2003.
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