Deputy President William Ruto has admitted that the land on which Weston Hotel sits was illegally acquired by the original owner. Last month the commission said it had established that the DP’s Weston Hotel is built on public land belonging to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Read: NLC hands Weston to Ruto, KCAA protestsThe commission, however, said it will not order the hotel to be demolished. KCAA’s manager for legal services Cyril Wayong’o told the National Land Commission that a scheme was hatched to grab the parcel in 1999. Read: How Weston Hotel land was grabbed from KCAA

Source: The Star February 12, 2019 12:11 UTC