Tawai Farm: Transportation company Eldoret Express Limited is set to evict over 1,000 squatters. This is after the firm secured a court order to have the police enforce the evictions at the firm’s more than 1,000 squatters at Tawai farm in Trans Nzoia County.
“The bus company had petitioned the court seeking enforcement of a Court of Appeal judgment, dated November 28, 2019, that declared the firm the legal owner of the 640-acre land,” a report that appeared in the Business Daily on Tuesday said.
According to the report, Justice Samuel Kibunja allowed the company’s request for an order “directing the Trans Nzoia’s County commissioner, the county commander, Kiminini sub-county officer commanding police division (OCPD) and the Kiminini Police Station boss (OCS) to accord Seventy-Seven Auctioneers police to maintain law, peace and order during the execution of the eviction order.”
During hearing, the director of Eldoret Express, Joseph Ng’ang’a Thungu, had told the court that after winning the court battle, the firm instructed Seventy-Seven Auctioneers to carry out the evictions. However, he said that they would need police protection to avoid chaos and skirmishes that may endanger lives.
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“The judge noted that attempts by the squatters, through their land buying company Tawai Ltd, to have the eviction suspended had been rejected by the Supreme Court in March 2021 after the judges found there was no reason to allow a second appeal and that there was no any significant question of law that requires the further input of the apex court,” the report said.