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County struggles to defend its interest in War Memorial hospital land

Top managers of War Memorial Hospital and other parties when they appeared before Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Juma, on January 13, 2025, during the War Memorial Hospital land lease forgery hearing. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Nakuru County through its Secretary Samuel Mwaura struggled to explain its interest on a 25-acre land on which the Nakuru War Memorial Hospital stands.

Despite taking over the hospital, shutting it down, filing a land case, and effecting the arrest of seven people including the hospital's directors and top land officials, the county was yet to defend its interest.

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