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Kirima land heist: A land grab, trail of death and pain

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The family of land baron Garishon Kirima (left) is seeking to recover land forcibly taken from them. [File, Standard]

As the family of Nairobi's biggest land baron and former Starehe MP, the Garishon Kirima starts the process of establishing the actual number of families living on land forcibly taken from them, The Sunday Standard brings the inside story of how the heist was executed.

On Saturday, family spokesperson, daughter Gathoni Kirima said the land was bought in 1966 and, according to her, very few people could own such a huge property by that time.

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