The site in Kitui town where Wendo Shopping Mall worth Sh850 million is being put up. The other two parties, who were also claiming ownership, chief among them Kitui County Assembly Speaker and one-time Cabinet minister George Ndoto, were declared “squatters and trespassers”. The CS set up a three-member committee composed of deputy chief lands registrar, Kitui county lands registrar and assistant county lands registrar, who asked the three claimants to produce their documents. The former minister, now serving as Kitui assembly speaker and who has been laying claim to the land, insisted that he has documents to prove ownership. However, according to James Oketch, a lawyer acting for the investing company, there is no active case in any court over the land ownership.

Source: Standard Digital May 28, 2021 19:57 UTC