Sirikwa group storms property to 'enjoy the fruits of judgment'

Sirikwa squatters enter into the home premises of former Kanu nominated MP the late Mark Too in Kapseret Constituency Uasin Gishu County on November 19, 2022. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

Squatters of the former Lonhro conglomerate's unit EATEC on Saturday stormed sections of a 25,000-acre land in Uasin Gishu after the Court of Appeal in Kisumu ruled in their favour, following 10 years of battles in and out of court.

Members of Sirikwa Squatters spent the better part of the day at the home of the late politician Mark Too, who the court said swindled the land through fraud after the East Africa Tanning and Extract Company (EATEC) -- which had leased it -- exited the country.