High Court restrains NLC from resolving Nairobi land dispute
Rahim Kurji at the site where his family's house was in Westlands, Nairobi on December 4, 2016. The building had been destroyed in unclear circumstances earlier on the same day. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The land commission had launched investigations into the demolition of Mr Habib Kassam Kurji’s house on December 4.
This comes after Frank Logistics Ltd objected to a public hearing to determine the owner of the plot.
The National Land Commission has been restrained by the High Court from resolving an ownership dispute over land in Parklands, Nairobi, in which a family was evicted recently and a house destroyed.
The land commission had launched investigations into the demolition of Mr Habib Kassam Kurji’s house on December 4.
This comes after Frank Logistics Ltd objected to a public hearing to determine the owner of the plot.
On December 6, the land commission said it received complaints from different parties regarding the land on Jalaram Road, Parklands.
The commission placed and advert in the dailies saying it intends to review the grants and will do so on Friday morning through public hearings.
The commission demanded the parties to produce at least six documents to support ownership of the land, including letters of allotment, receipts of payment, deed plans, leases and title deeds.
“All interested parties will be required to submit original plot allocation documents during the hearings,” said lands commission chairman Muhammad Swazuri.
The Nairobi County government said it conducted investigations and confirmed that the land belonged to the Kurji family.
It also asked the commission to furnish it with the number of land leases it had renewed.
