Biwott will pay each of the 26 Sh300,000 and Sh200,000 as an award for causing their unlawful arrest and prosecution over the parcel. They argued that in the 1970s the government purchased several white settler farms, among them the suit land, for settlement of landless Kenyans according to the then government policy. The petitioners were in occupation of the suit land. The petitioners were each allowed to occupy and farm five acres of the suit land during the tenures of all the landowners. Later, Major Keyser sold or transferred the suit land to the government and it was vested in the settlement fund trustee.

Source: The Star May 06, 2021 20:03 UTC