BY SAM ALFAN.
A brother to a Kenyan of British descent who died in 2012 leaving multi million property in Karen and Upper Hill that is claimed by among others Nairobi politician Agnes Kagure has testified in the property dispute.
Appearing through a video link from the United Kingdom, Michael Fairfax Robinson told High court judge Maureen Odero that his brother- Roger Robson, who died in 2012, never sold his piece of land that was worth Kshs 500 million to Kagure, who has been claiming it.
Michael also disputed claims that his late brother Robinson had transferred his shares at Plovers Haunt limited to businessman Thomas Mutaha, as he alleges.
He was testifying in a case where Kagure and Mutaha have sued lawyer Guy Spencer Elms accusing him of forging signatures on the Will of the late Roger. Roger left the Will to Spencer as the executioner of his properties.
While Kagure claims that she bought the disputed piece of land from Roger for Ksh.h100 million in 2011, Michael told the court that his brother was still living on the property at the time until his death in 2012.
“I had been urging Roger to move and sell the said property for several years because of his poor health but he had always resisted my advice and had continued to do so up to and including our last communication,” Michael told the court.
He further told the court that on several occasions his brother had informed him of attempts by fraudsters to steal his property in Karen by making false claims.
On his part, Mutaha, who claims to be a director of Plovers Haunt limited — the company that rightfully owns the land — claims the late Robson transferred his shares in the company to him for free.
In the Will, the deceased is said to have indicated the estates should be sold and proceeds shared between his nephew and charitable institutions in Kenya that focus on environmental conservation.
Kagure and Mutaha, however, accuse Spencer of forging signatures on the Will.
