Nairobi, Jan. 26 -- A subsidiary of Centum Investment Company Plc has won a battle for over a 3,900-acre parcel of land against a group of residents in Kilifi after a judge ruled that a title being held by the community was illegal.

Justice Millicent Odeny dealt the Bambani and Kikandale community a blow after declaring that the Deed, which they acquired in July 2020 was superimposed to another held by Vipingo Development Ltd, a unit of the Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed company.

The judge also rejected a claim by the residents led by Wycliffe Tembo Mwangome that their case was about historical injustices but about whether they acquired their title regularly.

"I concur with the above finding that the petitioners did not prove that ...