The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered grabbed Ksh50 million parcel of land in Machakos town.
The property measuring 0.79 acres was reportedly allocated illegally to private people in 1990s.
“Investigations by the Commission established that the two parcels were originally part of LR No. 909/536, measuring 1.78 acres, which had been reserved for the Ministry of Health for institutional housing. The land hosts government House No. Mach/House/HG.14, classified as a “pool house,” and currently accommodates the Sub-County Police Commander” EACC said in a statement.
The land was illegally subdivided into three parcels. Two parcels were allocated private developers but the other is still a state property with government houses.
“During the course of investigations, the registered owner of Machakos Municipality Block 1/624 voluntarily surrendered the land back to the Government” EACC stated.
Adding; “In 2019, the Commission filed a suit for the recovery of Land Parcel Number Machakos Municipality Block 1/623 against Mr. Wilson Gacanja, the then Commissioner of Lands, and Mr. Joseph Mutuku Muia, son of former Masaku Town Council Mayor, Peter M. Ndunda”.
Environment and Land Court Judge Justice Nelly Matheka on January 16 this year ruled that the Machakos Municipality Block1/623 was had been reserved for government housing.
She subsequently cancelled the title deed held by Joseph Mutuku Muia and directed that the land register be rectified to revert the property to the Government of Kenya.
