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Buxton Point Apartments in Mombasa County that stand on a disputed piece of land claimed by tycoon Abdullahi Gele. [Joackim Bwana, Standard]
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application seeking to have Mombasa tycoon Suleiman Shahbal jailed over contempt of court in a multi-billion shilling land dispute at Buxton Point Apartments.
Businessman Abdullahi Gele accused Shahbal, Buxton Point Apartment, Roton Construction, Mombasa County, Chief Lands Registrar Mombasa Couty and Chief Officer, Land, Housing and Physical Planning of failing to stop construction of the said affordable housing project on his land hosting Buxton Petrol Station despite orders from Justice Lucas Naikuni.
Gele also applied to have Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho who was serving as Mombasa County Governor, Chief Officer Department of Lands, Housing and Physical Planning, Rose Munupe, Shahbal, Akram Badawy, Yasin Noorr, Omar Karaceli, Ahmed Karaceli and Martin Kariuki jailed for failing to stop the said construction.
