Nairobi, March 7 -- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has moved to court seeking a Sh1.6 compensation from oil marketer Rubis Energy Kenya and other firms for illegally occupying land belonging to Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC).

The agency says in the petition filed at the Environment and Land Court that the land at the Haile Selassie Avenue and Uhuru Highway junction was not available for allocation and should revert to the government.

The EACC also names Lima Ltd -a company associated with former minister Nicholas Biwott- and LZ Engineering Construction Ltd in the suit, saying Rubis should vacate the land and compensate the government for illegal occupation of the land since 1980.

"The third defendant and its agents,...