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Former Lands Commissioner Wilson Gachanja, Jibu Salim Mohamed and Zablon Agwata Mabea before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku on March 28, 2023, where they were facing charges of abuse of office. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]
A retired civil servant, Wilson Gachanja, may soon find himself included in the Guinness Book of Records for his involvement in what is potentially the highest number of court cases in the country.
Gachanja, who served as a civil servant from 1989 to 1999, has spent his retirement years frequently summoned to court over allegations tied to irregularly issued titles and land grabbing during his tenure. He is often listed as a respondent in cases where the government, through the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), seeks to recover land.
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