Raila’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party has now for gthe demolition of DP Ruto’s hotel Weston Hotel on Langáta Road.
While addressing the press the party’s secretary general Edwin Sifuna said, it would be unfair if Ruto was asked to compensate the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) which has been found to be the legal owner of the land where Weston Hotel is built.
“We want all corruption suspects to be treated equally. If you still public resources and you have built a hotel on grabbed land, that hotel should be demolished just like the likes of Airgate Centre and many other buildings. That is why we are demanding for Weston Hotel to be demolished,” Sifuna stated.
In addition he said, “We oppose the NLC claim that Weston should pay KCAA for use of the public land. Those of us who live in Nairobi know that there is no alternative land in Lang’ata which can be used by KCAA. There is no empty land there and that is where they even had to grab school land when they wanted to build a parking lot. The land must be returned to the public,” he added.
The development came a few days after the DP admitted that Weston Hotel was build on illegally acquired land but explained that the hotel had been innocent purchaser of value.