PCEA church ordered to pay former MP Ksh.4.5 million

PCEA church ordered to pay former MP Ksh.4.5 million

The High Court has ordered the Presbyterian Church of East Africa in Uthiru, Kiambu County to pay former Nyeri Town MP Wanyiri Kihoro Ksh.4.5 million for illegally occupying his land for over 30 years.

The court also gave the church 90 days to demolish its structures put up on the the half-acre piece of land located in Uthiru.

High Court Judge Elijah Obaga ruled that the church was illegally occupying the land which initially belonged to Kihoro’s wife, the late political activist Dr. Wanjiru Kihoro.

Justice Obaga ruled that the church has no basis remaining on the land since it had failed to demonstrate that it met the statutory threshold to claim ownership of the land.

In the case, Kihoro argued that PCEA (Uthiru Church) had illegally taken possession of the land and built a worship centre on it claiming they are the beneficiaries of his late wife.

The church had, however, argued that the land is rightfully theirs and belonged to them long before Dr. Kihoro bought it.

The court also noted the church, as well as the Town Council of Kikuyu, were aware of the condition of Mr. Kihoro’s wife as the registered owner of the property.

The Town Council of Kikuyu was directed to pay Mr. Kihoro Ksh.2.5 million in damages.

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