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Armed officers occupy Moi family property in Eldoret

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Armed officers from Kenya’s General Service Unit ordered private guards to leave a disputed five-acre property near the Eldoret State Lodge. The intervention came on Friday after nearly a year of uneventful surveillance and concerns a property associated with the family of former president Gideon Moi, The Standard reports.

Armed officers from Kenya’s General Service Unit (GSU) ordered private guards to leave a five-acre property belonging to the family of former president Gideon Moi, near the Eldoret State Lodge, The Standard reports. The order was given on Friday morning, with a deadline of 4pm.

The private guards had been watching the land for nearly a year without incident, according to the Kenyan newspaper. The property is the subject of a dispute.

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