Nairobi, March 10 -- Independence party Kanu has staked claim for the iconic Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) more than two decades after it was kicked out of the building through an Executive Order.

In a petition pending before the Environment and Land Court since 2020, Kanu says its removal and forceful takeover of KICC by the government in February 2003 was illegal and in breach of its constitutional rights.

Other than the building that sits on a 1.694 hectare parcel of land, Kanu also accuses the government of failing to settle more than Sh700 million electricity bill due to Kenya Power, forcing the utility firm to attach its property in Nakuru.

The party unsuccessfully tried to stop the sale when Supreme Court judge...