The magistrate's court had on October 18, 2018, ruled that the sisters were trespassers on the Sh17 million property in Ngong. The nuns had asked the court to allow them to file the appeal out of time and also grant a stay of the order that they should vacate the land. He also did not see what prejudice Stanley will suffer if time is extended to allow the appeal. In their appeal, they say that the lower court had no jurisdiction to hear and determine their case because it was a land dispute that should have been heard by the Environment and Land court. The maintain that their removal from the property will cause them irreparable damage and loss as the convent will have to be pulled down.

Source: The Star April 18, 2020 02:26 UTC