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KWS to pay hotel owners Sh454m for demolition of property in 1997

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Duo have been in the corridors of justice for 26 years. [iStockphoto]

A dispute over a piece of land where a Malindi hotel was destroyed in 1997 by people alleged to be Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers has come back to haunt the service.

Taxpayers will now be forced to pay Sh454 million for their actions after the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by KWS.

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