The DCI wants Nzisa and Wanjigi charged for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy to defraud in a deal involving a piece of land worth Ksh1.2 billion in Nairobi.
Reports have indicated that the DCI instructed Wanjigi, Nzisa, John Nyanjua Njenga and Caroline Njoki, be charged with obtaining Ksh56 million from Kenroid Limited.
Sleuths from the Land Fraud Unit of the DCI stated that the suspects pretended they were in a position to sell the company a 0.3314 hectare piece of land on General Mathenge road in Westlands.
In the inquiry file forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the DCI also recommended that businessmen Mohammed Hassanali, Kaneez Noorani, Hamanshu Dodhia, and Mohammed Hussein Noorani be charged together with the Wanjigis.
Further, the DCI recommended charges against the Registrar of Titles, Fredrick Lubulellah. He will be charged with four counts of making false entries in a land document.
Detectives were probing the matter to establish who the real owners of the land, Grant I.R No.65800 L.R No.1870/II/200, which is claimed by three parties – Aureum Ltd owned by the Wanjigis, businesswoman Cissy Kalunde Musembi and Horizon Hills Limited.
“Three Grants were issued and registered against one parcel of land contrary to the relevant land registration Acts and laws, which dictate that registration of one parcel of land, shall be one Title deed against one person or entity,†the DCI report stated.
According to the DCI, the Wanjigis appointed two proxies to stand in as purchasers of the land on their behalf from Horizon Hills Limited at a cost of Ksh154 million.
Businessman Yogesh Patel under his firm Kenroid Ltd had previously stated that the land could be a public utility and may be among the parcels flagged in the 2006 Ndung’u Land Report, which detailed several grabbed parcels in Kenya.
DCI stated that after investigations, they found that the Wanjigis colluded with a registrar of companies official and changed the firm’s name from Horizon Hills Limited to Aureum Limited through a certificate dated May 31, 2018.
In early 2018, Nzisa and Wanjigi, as directors of Horizon Hills Limited, took control of the land and offered to sell it to Kenroid Limited through their lawyer Caroline Njoki Gachihi.
Source: KENYAGIST.COM
