The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has begun investigations into claims of irregular land allocation in Kisumu and Malindi.
On Thursday, the commission ordered the owners, occupiers of alleged irregularly allocated land belonging to Kenya Railways in Kisumu and Agricultural Development Corporation in Malindi to submit documents by September 6.
The properties under investigation include the land title in Kisumu Municipality block 7/4, 5, 207, 373, 384,422,424,425,426,426,429,430,433,435,438,439,440,446,468,470,477,479,484,494,495,499,500,501,502,505,510,530,559 and the subdivisions thereafter.
The commission said the owners should submit the ownership documents, transfer documents and consent from Lands Control Board to facilitate investigations into the matter by Friday next week.
“Take notice that you are required to provide the aforesaid documents and information by September 6 at our Integrity offices in Nairobi,” said Twalib Mbarak for Chief Executive Officer
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“Take further notice that failure to comply with this notice shall render you liable to the penal consequences under anti-corruption and economic crimes act,” added Mbarak.
Early this month, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Chief Executive Twalib Mbarak said they have received numerous cases of Kenya Railways land, which have been grabbed.
“We have pursued a number of these individuals who have been taken to court. Some have since surrendered the land. It is a very slow and tedious process that involves going to court,” he said.
The EACC boss explained that some of the cases and investigations have been going on since 2010 and that they had registered some successes as happened with East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) MP Oburu Odinga’s case recently.
According to Mbarak, the land they are targeting was given out in the 1990s and due process was never followed.
“Most of them got the Railway land by virtue of their offices since they held senior positions in government. Now they are no longer in office and are not keen to spend all their time fighting to retain the illegally acquired land,” the EACC boss said.
Documents in our possession indicate that KR has been in constant communication with EACC and other investigative agencies in a bid to recover the land.
One of the documents reads: “We refer to the subject matter in which we sought your assistance in recovering the corporation’s land that was illegally/ irregularly acquired”.
In another, Kenya Railways has listed all the properties that were illegally acquired by various entities.
On Thursday, the Commission said it is also conducting similar investigations in respect of the alleged irregular land transfer of Agriculture Development Corporation (ADC) Kiswani farm in Malindi.
Plots number 540,29, M53 and M3B, 852 and 726 and the sub-divisions thereafter (8931-8961, 9273-9275,9364,10146-10207,10614-10670, 16431-2) in Malindi are under investigation.
The occupiers are required to submit original ownership documents, transfer documents and consent from lands control board by Friday next week.
