Land ownership dispute escalates in Ruai over 152-acre parcel

A bitter land ownership dispute is escalating in Chokaa, within Nairobi’s Ruai area, over a prime 152-acre parcel along Kangundo Road, with three investment firms now claiming ownership. The Bondeni Maili Saba Jua Kali Association insists it legally acquired the land from the defunct City Council of Nairobi in 1998, but rival groups have since surfaced armed with disputed court documents laying claim to the same property. As Franklin Wallah reports, the Ruai Sub-County Security Committee has confirmed receiving multiple conflicting eviction orders targeting current occupants, deepening the wrangle and leaving several families displaced, with others nursing serious injuries.