The High Court awarded five petitioners from Diani in Kwale County Ksh5.8 billion as compensation for 317.16 acres of land whose title was revoked. According to the Nation, the Court of Appeal directed the High Court to establish the compensation owed to the five Diani residents. The court heard that the land was never imperatively acquired by the government, but the Chief Land Registrar, the Attorney-General and the Commissioner of Land transferred the land to a third party, Kasika Developers in 1978. In 1978 Wailes engaged Rahimkhan (now deceased), Mwangi, Mwongela and Hussain in a sale transaction of the land for Ksh140,000. The four were barred from transacting on the land and ordered to surrender their title, which they declined.

Source: Daily Nation July 16, 2021 13:04 UTC