Awori says he oversaw the purchase of the controversial Sh8 billion Karen land 33 years ago. In documents filed in court, Mr Awori said he was a director of Muchanga Limited when the land was transferred from Barclays Bank. Awori was both a director of Muchanga Limited and Da Gama Rose Investments, which used the land title to borrow from Barclays. The former VP filed his affidavit last Friday to support claims by businessman Horatius Da Gama Rose, now deceased, that he purchased the land from Barclays in 1983. Dimitri Da Gama Rose, a general manager with Muchanga Limited, has since taken his father's place in the case.

Source: Standard Digital October 04, 2016 20:26 UTC