Nairobi, April 13 -- A Nairobi court has dismissed rival applications by a property firm and a church in a dispute over a parcel of land linked to the estate of the late city tycoon and former Starehe MP, Gerishon Kirima.

The Environment and Land Court declined to grant Makiyi Properties Limited orders to halt enforcement of an earlier tribunal decision involving Salvation Healing Ministries church.

The court also rejected the church's attempt to strike out the company's appeal, finding it had been filed within the legal timelines.

The judge ruled that the appeal was competent, noting it had been lodged "within the statutory 30-day period" after accounting for public holidays.

"The appeal was therefore lodged within the statutory 30-d...