Former Limuru MP George Nyanja will pay for the 35 years of rent he had collected from a multi-million parcel of land along Ngong Raod after losing a case he had filed at the Court of Appeal.
The ex-legislator failed to convince an appellate court to reverse a decision that required he give up a 1.8-acre piece of land.
In their final ruling, Justices Asike Makhandia, Patrick Kiage and Sankale ole Kantai dismissed claims of bias by Nyanja and upheld the prior ruling.
Nyanja had moved to court claiming ownership of the piece of land he had allegedly bought from a businessman in 1985.
He, however, lost the case, with the court faulting him for breaching an agreement signed with the owner.
In addition to the rent collected for 35 years, Nyanja had been ordered to pay the owner for the damages caused.
The judges found that the application by the former MP as strained stretching of facts, describing his claims as "tortuous contortions" in an attempt to make a case for review.
“We, therefore, state without equivocation that on every single issue raised by Nyanja, our decision thereon, much as it may pique and grieve him, was well-considered, well-reasoned and well-justified,” the Judges stated.
The politician is known for his hawkish style of politics that earned him the nickname General Kaiyaba.
In 2018, Nyanja was involved in a gun drama when bulldozers from City Hall brought down structures of some of his business premises in Karen.
In an attempt to stop the demolition exercise, he allegedly shot in the air forcing the county workers to scamper to safety. The police thereafter launched a search for the former MP.
At the time, Nairobi County’s Chief Media Officer Elkana Jacob was quoted saying the premises were constructed without approval from the Nairobi City County Government (NCCG) and area residents were also opposed to the development.
“The county government had given notice to the owners of all illegal structures from Embakasi to Karen and when they did not comply with the orders, we moved in (to demolish),” he noted.
