Nairobi (Sunatimes) A Nairobi court has today ruled that the former Somali embassy in the Kenyan capital is the property of Somali government. The case has been going on for a while.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MWu8pn385M&feature=player_embedded#at=32

Immediately after the ruling was made, a number of Somalis led by the ambassador and the Somali consul in Nairobi marched to the land where the embassy building is located. The joyful crowd was chanting “our property is back”.

It was alleged that the building was sold to a Kenyan of Asian origin a few years after Somalia’s government collapsed. Some Kenyan leaders were also implicated in the illegal sale of the Somali embassy property.

The property which is worth $15 million is located in Nairobi’s Westlands suburb on a 2.5 hectors of land. Somalia’s former ambassador is accused to have sold the property fifteen years ago at a cheap price.

However, the man who bought the property vowed to appeal against today’s court ruling.