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Court dismisses land suit between hotelier, Dutch athlete Kiplagat
Thursday May 06 2021
Summary
A judge has dismissed a boundary dispute between Kenyan born Dutch athlete Lorna Kiplagat and her neighbour in Iten who rushed to court fearing that his removal from a contested block might block a path to his four-star hotel.
Justice S.M. Kibunja dismissed the case by Kerio View Investments Ltd, saying there was no justifiable reason to revive the case that was dismissed five years ago.
A judge has dismissed a boundary dispute between Kenyan born Dutch athlete Lorna Kiplagat and her neighbour in Iten who rushed to court fearing that his removal from a contested block might block a path to his four-star hotel.
Iten, Kenya – Runner Lornah Kiplagat was not going to let a lack of money or contacts, and especially distance, stand between her and the biggest race of her life – the 1994 Kenya Cross Country Championship.
Kiplagat, 20 years old at the time, travelled to the competition with a fellow athlete, and the two slept in a public bathroom while making the 350km journey from their home in Kabiemit in Nandi county to Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi.
“My friend and I looked for some boxes [cardboard], locked the toilet from inside and covered the mouth of the toilet and slept on either side till morning,” she told Al Jazeera. “It was the safest place we could think of to sleep since we didn’t have money”.