The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Ndegwa Muhoro has refused to return a fake title deed linked to land that was previously owned by the Kenyatta family.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cousin, Ngengi Muigai, brought attention to the fraudulent document after the piece of land was sold to Kenya-Re for Sh550 Million.
The land was sold to Kenya-Re by a company started by Mr Muigai, Scenaries Limited, which he ran with business partners SK Macharia of Royal Media Services, former lands permanent secretary JG Kibe and businessman Solomon Wilson Karanja.
The President's cousin moved to court soon after the sale against the said partners claiming that they had locked him out of the company and sold the land using forged documents.
The DCI investigations found the title deed to be fake and refused to return it to Kenya-Re claiming that it would be against public interest.
"Upon carrying out investigations, our office established that the title was a forged document and this was communicated to Kenya Re in our letter dated June 14, 2007.
"The DCI was only carrying out its duties when it established that the said document was a forgery and was therefore within its mandate in making the said findings and refusing to return a fraudulent document," the DCI's statement released yesterday read in part.
Scenaries Ltd bought the 100-acre tract of land from the Kenyattas in 1982 and it has attracted fierce legal battles between Mr Muigai, Mr Macharia and Mr Kibe.
Kenya-Re argues that the DCI's decision to withhold the document goes against the state corporation's right to own property.
DCI investigator Kenneth Kirwa Kemei, however, maintains that the right does not apply to property acquired illegally.
