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Matiang'i owns Karen land where besieged SDA church stands

Plot on which a SDA church is being built in Karen. [Photo: James Mwangi]

NAIROBI, KENYA: Internal Security and Coordination Cabinet Secretary Fred Okengo Matiang’i is among individuals behind controversial construction of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Karen that has been opposed by residents.

Matiang’i and former Commissioner of Lands Zablon Mabea are registered as the owners of the one-acre land L.R No 11914/72 along Mukoma road. He graced the groundbreaking on January 28. Karen Lang’ata District Association (KLDA) sued the two for failing to abide by Local Physical Development Plan of Karen and for putting such facility in a controlled residential area.

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