A resident of Uasin Gishu county is looking for a man said to have bought land 18 years ago but has never returned to occupy it.
Silas Yego says the man identified as Joshua Munyasa Shoshosho bought the land from his father, Joshua Tirop Yego who is now deceased, at Sh25,000 in 2000 but never returned.His father died six months after selling the land to the now mysterious man."My father sold a half an acre of land near Loreto Convent Girls school to this man in February 2000, according to the land agreement I have," said Yego in Eldoret town on Wednesday."The man only built a temporary structure on the land but never returned. We are now looking for him," he added.Yego fears that the man might have died before coming back to occupy the land and he now wants any family members still alive to take over the land.He has already notified Matunda location chief Barnabas Tireito in a bid to intensify the land owner search.The land has now appreciated its value with now estimated at close to Sh600,000 from the Sh25,000 18 years ago.To be the first to get the latest Political News updates for free, WhatsApp the word "POLITICS" to 0717410719.