Thursday, February 8, 2024 - Detectives at the DCI headquarters are compiling a list of known land-grabbing gangs operating in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area for action.
This
is after they realized increased schemes of land grabbing and defrauding
innocent and powerless landowners in areas of Eastleigh and Pangani areas of
Nairobi.
Sources
said they have profiled the gang, and it is a matter of time before action
starts. “Woe unto those whose leasehold titles are nearing expiry as their
parcels are now fodder for cartels with strong ties at city hall lands
offices,” said a senior official aware of the cartel.
The
recent victim is businessman Khalid Khan, the owner of plot number
LR.209/2389/129.
Khan was evicted from his developed parcel on
the evening of February 3, 2024, by goons led by Erick Kiunda aka Ngarang
acting on behalf of a cartel of notorious land grabbers.
The
goons invaded the plot at around 5 pm with a group of youth said to be from
Huruma Kiamaiko area, numbering between 30 and 40.
They
evicted other tenants on the plot and also attempted to fence off the property
with mabati.
The
situation was quelled by local police who arrested Ngarang and a few of his
goons.
Khan
has the support of his neighbors who spent the night out in the cold to try and
protect the property.
More revelations have established that one
Francis Maina Ndegwa was granted a new certificate of lease on November 9,
2023, in regards to the same parcel now converted to Nairobi/Block 40/188.
Interestingly,
the term of the lease starts from 1/04/2007.
Through
connections from City Hall, Maina has already secured orders to carry out
repairs of the said property as supported by a document signed by Michael Munyi
acting as Director of Planning Compliance and Enforcement.
This is just an illustration of the plight facing many landowners in Nairobi areas of Eastleigh and Pangani. But the team of detectives has vowed to deal with the matter for justice.
Detectives at the DCI headquarters are compiling a list of known land grabbing gangs operating in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area for action.
— Cyprian, Is Nyakundi (@C_NyaKundiH) February 7, 2024
This is after they realized increased schemes of land grabbing and defrauding innocent and powerless landowners in areas of Eastleigh and… pic.twitter.com/dqPfTs7Twl
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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