Rai Plywood has occupied the land since 2007 — two years after Mr Chelugui died — and has been using it to grow wheat. Mr Chelugui’s 85-year-old wife Susan and son David sued Mr Moi, Rai Plywood, the District Land Registrar, Uasin Gishu District, the Registrar of Titles and the National Land Commission in 2014. DISPOSSESSEDThe former President and Rai Plywood insisted that the suit was a claim for land veiled as a constitutional petition. The state counsel stated that these were orders from above by the first defendant, who was the President (Moi),” said the judge. Mr Chelugui teamed up with Nathaniel Kiptalam Langat, Thomas Kipkosgei Yator, Cherop Arap Maritim and William Kimngeny Letting to buy Mr EngelBrecht’s land in 1965.

Source: Daily Nation May 17, 2019 07:07 UTC