Families lose claim on sugarcane factory's land in MigoriProperties worth millions of shillings in Awendo Township, Migori County, have been saved from destruction after some members of the community lost their claim to a disputed communal land. Onyango and 12 families from Awendo had sought to reclaim the communal land which was compulsorily acquired by the Government in 1976 to put up South Nyanza (Sony) Sugar Company and expand Awendo Township. Sony Sugar did not use all the land which the defunct Awendo Town Council allocated to third parties. Both the High Court and Court of Appeal allowed their applications and ordered that the communal land be returned to the families. “As the law is, they cannot retain any interest as the land belongs to the State.

Source: Standard Digital April 30, 2019 21:45 UTC