The government will buy the iconic Kahama Hotel near Ngara and then demolish it in plans to construct a new terminus on the Globe Roundabout area. This is part of the plan by the government through NSE to decongest Nairobi’s CBD.
The hotel that is less than a meter from the road is owned by the family of the late billionaire James Mwangi Kirung’o alias Kahama. The family also owns the K1 Club House, another Kahama Hotel in Mombasa, and Small World Country Club.
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The National Land Commission (NLC) is set to part with billions of shillings in acquiring the hotel among other properties such as a section of the highly contested Grogan area. However, family feuds are likely to be in play during the pay.
The acquisition of the hotel is likely to spark sibling rivalry in the billionaire’s family following a nasty fight in 2019 where his daughters took their brothers to court over property ownership.
According to the sisters, their father’s will appointed their mother – Eunice Mwangi – as sole administrator. Their brothers, however, manipulated the widow and took over the property, locking them out.
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