BY IRENE ONYANGO.
Four businessmen have been charged before a Nairobi Court with Sh3. 4 billion land lease fraud
Mohamed Kuroyow Mohamed, Mohamed Salat Ibrahim and Adow Ahmed Mohamed appeared before Milimani Principal Magistrate Robinson Ondieki and denied the charges.
Kuroyow, Salat and Ahmed are charged that at unknown place and time, jointly with others not before court conspired
to defraud Drumvale Farmers Cooperative Society their parcel of land measuring
approximately 141.5.0 hectares.
The land is valued at approximately Sh 3. 4 billion situated at Mavoko within Machakos County the property of Drumvale Farmers Cooperative Society a fact they knew to be false.
Prosecution told the court that at unknown date and place,the trio jointly with others not before court, willfully procured for themselves Certificate of lease for parcel of land.
The land is measuring 141.5ha valued at Sh.3.4 Billion situated at Mavoko, the property of Drumvale Farmers Cooperative Society by falsely pretending that it was genuine.
Further, the accused persons have been charged that on diverse dates between 5th day of August 2018 and 23rd June ,2022 at Mavoko, jointly with
others not before county were found to be in possession of land parcel no.
land IR no.237120 LR No.8529/10 original number 8529\11 without color of right held possession of the said land in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace to those entitled by law to be in possession of the said land.
They were released on a cashbail of Sh 8Million or an alternative Bond of Sh 10 million each.
The court directed the case to be mention date is 2nd May.
