Nairobi, March 10 -- Retired judge Tom Mbaluto has been allowed to evict his younger sister from a parcel of land in Machakos county after the High Court upheld an earlier decision by a magistrate's court that the property belonged to the former judicial officer.

Environment and Land Court judge Christine Ochieng ruled that Ms Beatrice Mueni Mbiti, failed to prove that she had purchased the land from her elder brother in 1996, as claimed.

The judge further said her sister could not prove the claim of adverse possession as she did not demonstrate to the satisfaction of the court that she had been in continuous and peaceful occupation of the contested property for a period of 12 years to be entitled to claim it.

"My considered view is th...