The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered 7.11 hectares of Karura Forest land valued at Sh2.8 billion.
This follows a recent ruling by the Environment and Land Court in favour of the commission, after 18 years of court battles.
According to the EACC, the land was illegally acquired by the late John Joseph Kamotho, who served as a Cabinet Minister during the administration of Kenya’s second president, the late Daniel arap Moi.
Kamotho later sold the property to a private company that intended to develop residential houses within the protected forest.
