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The Supreme Court has temporarily suspended a judgment that declared illegal the payment of Sh1.5 billion in compensation to companies linked to late businessman Francis Mburu over land occupied by two public schools in Nairobi.
A full bench of the apex court issued the interim orders pending the hearing and determination of an appeal filed by Huelands Limited and Afrison Export Import Limited.
The Court of Appeal had, in a judgment delivered on July 3, cleared the way for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to recover the Sh1.5 billion paid as compensation for 13.5 acres occupied by Drive-In Primary School and Ruaraka High School.
A further payment of Sh1.769 billion was stopped in 2018, pending the determination of the case.
Following the ruling, EACC wrote to the firms and several former government officials, including former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i, Immigration PS Belio Kipsang and former National Land Commission (NLC) chairman Muhammad Swazuri, demanding a refund of the money.
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Businessman Francis Mburu. Mr Mburu was paid Sh1.5 billion for the contested Ruaraka land on which two schools stand.