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Thousands risk losing land in Embakasi’s irregular deals
A section of Embakasi in Nairobi. The list of land owners with allotment letters that have no legal value includes senior civil servants and non-members who have been buying plots from the company in a twisty land buying craze. Photo/FREDRICK OMONDI
Thousands of real estate owners in Nairobi’s Embakasi area risk losing their investments following revelations that they have been pumping millions of Shillings developing land with questionable legal status.
The majority of the landowners, now facing the risk of eviction, had bought land from a ranching company that claimed to have purchased it from the government more than 30 years ago.
