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Transparency International Kenya has filed 15 public interest court cases in a year over leadership and integrity failures, with land-related disputes the most reported corruption issue in its databases.
Residents and descendants of Ogbenti-Obi in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, have asked President Bola Tinubu to halt demolitions and excavation they say went beyond a court warrant of possession and disturbed ancestral graves.
More than 800 farmers on the Accra-Kumasi Expressway corridor are to receive compensation after Ghana Armed Forces engineers cleared 183.6 kilometres of right-of-way, exceeding the original target by eight kilometres.
Kenya's environmental authority has invited public comments on a mixed-use development proposed for Nairobi's Railway Station area, featuring a 10,000-seat indoor arena, a branded hotel, serviced apartments and a sports park.
Nairobi County has begun a comprehensive review of development controls and land-use zoning across some of its most affluent and high-growth neighbourhoods, with the first public participation forums scheduled for late September.
Civil society groups have lodged a formal appeal against the land-use approval that lets US technology company Equinix build a hyperscale data centre at King Air Industria in Cape Town, saying the impact on nearby communities, water and electricity was never properly assessed.
Akwa Ibom State's Ministry of Lands and Town Planning has convened mediation in a land dispute involving the Mbak people, six host communities, Ibom Mortgage Bank and Citadel Value Homes in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area.
Kampala Lord Mayor Ronald Balimwezo has come out against a proposal to redevelop City Square into a hotel and shopping mall complex, saying the city is being stripped of its remaining public spaces.
Buyers who want a court to compel a land seller to complete a transaction must first honour their own contractual obligations, Kenya's Court of Appeal has ruled in a dispute over a partially paid land purchase.