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MP Godfrey Osotsi seeks answers on Miwani Company's land

The entrance to Miwani Sugar Factory in Kisumu County. It is one of the State-owned millers expected to be leased to private firms
 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi said the public land should be protected from being grabbed.
  • In a suit filed by the directors of Crossley Holdings, the petitioners claim to have acquired the company nucleus through an auction in 2007.

The government has been called upon to consider the acquisition of 10,000 acres of Miwani Sugar Company nucleus land to enable farmers to utilise and develop for the proposed Special Economic Zone in Kisumu County.

Nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi while questioning the legality of the land transfer to Crossley Holdings Limited in December 2007 said the public land should be protected from being grabbed.