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Originally published by Citizen DigitalOctober 13, 2025
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EACC recovers public land worth Ksh.35M grabbed in Bungoma
A luxury maisonette had already been built on the disputed half-acre plot, Bungoma Township 169, belonging to the Ministry of State Department for Housing and Urban Development...
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The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has successfully recovered a Ksh.35 million government-owned plot of land in Bungoma Town that was illegally acquired and developed by a private individual. A high-court ruling declared the acquisition fraudulent and ordered the immediate eviction of the occupant.
- Ksh.35 million: The value of the recovered plot of land.
- Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC): The organization that recovered the land.
- Justice Enock Cherono of the Bungoma Environment and Land Court ruled that the acquisition was “fraudulent, illegal, null and void.”
- The property, designated for public officers' residences since 1961, had a luxury maisonette built on it.
- EACC is currently working to recover 16 other prime public properties in Bungoma town.
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