A woman who spent years battling for ownership of land in Makueni County has lost her case after the Environment and Land Court ruled that the people who sold her the property had no legal authority to transact on behalf of a deceased landowner.

And the court dismissed an appeal by Rosemary Moki, also known as Rosemary Wausi Moki, and overturned an earlier magistrate's court decision that had awarded her possession of land and ordered a refund of money paid in the transaction.