EACC Recovers Prime Government Property in South B

From X/@EACCKenya

Following a landmark Judgement of the Environment and Land Court in Nairobi, EACC is executing the court orders and declarations that revoked the title to a Government house together with the land it stands on, which a Ministry of Lands Official fraudulently allocated to himself and his wife in Nairobi South B area, in 1999 through their private company, Gefrea Agencies.

The couple, George Fred Onyango (deceased) and Valeria Akuku, together with their business associate Sammy Musila, sold the property to George Kimani Njuki, the current owner, who has occupied the property over the years. In the Court Judgement delivered on 23 December 2023, Justice A. Amollo of the Environment and Land Court declared George Kimani Njuki a trespasser in the said property and ordered him to vacate within 45 days, failure to which EACC will be at liberty to evict him by any lawful means.

Former Commissioner of Lands Sammy Mwaita, who facilitated the fraudulent transactions, was ordered to pay all the costs of the suits. The Court noted that although the Lands Commissioner acted in the course of his official duties, his terms of employment did not include acting contrary to the law. The Court issued a permanent injunction restraining Njuki, his servants, tenants and agents from any further trespass or dealings in the property, except by way of surrender to the Government.