For more than 15 years now, a family in Thika has been unable to regain 85.3 acres despite court rulings in their favour. Mary Dames' family has successfully fought previous legal battles to repossess the land valued at Sh1.2 billion. In the objection, Ibau said there was an active case at the Environment and Land Court in Milimani where they had sued both the land selling company and Mary Dames. Mary Dames died last year at 84, having spent 16 years trying to recover the land left to her by late South African husband. On February 12, 2016, High Court judge Lucy Gacheru ordered Lang’ata Development Company to return 85.3 acres to Mary or compensate her.

Source: The Star September 28, 2020 19:20 UTC