The Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji has opened investigations on how two prime pieces of land were acquired using a forged order from former President Mwai Kibaki.
“The President of the Republic of Kenya on behalf of the Government of Kenya in consideration of the sum of Ksh810,000 hereby leases to Mtech Building Works, a limited liability company hereinafter called the lessee,” read the forged lease certificate.
Haji has ordered the National Lands Commission (NLC) to furnish him with a comprehensive report to determine who the land belongs to.
His office had written to the commission demanding the report but it was not forthcoming.
“It is now exactly a month since you sought for extra time and no correspondence has been received from your end. This is a highly sensitive matter that contains great public interest that deserves to be handled expeditiously and without much delay,” the letter read in part.
It exposed questionable variations of dates, typing errors, forgeries of signatures and lack of clarity on when the land changed hands from Kenya Railways.
According to The Standard, documents from the Ministry of Lands pointed to a possible collusion between individuals and top ministry officials to transfer the land.
They created an impression that Kenya Railways had surrendered its land to the Government as a condition for the issuance of the leases.
The two parcels at the Shimanzi Port in Mombasa have a combined value of Ksh2 billion.
Kenya Railways has been trying to recover the land since the beginning of 2018 without success.
