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KABOGO TO GIVE BACK
CITY PROPERTY AND PAY
KSH 100MN FOR INVASION
By george wainaina
[email protected]
Former Kiambu governor William Kabogo has been
ordered to surrender and vacate a 5.2 acre prime city
plot on Mvuli road. Additionally he has to pay Ksh
100 Mn to Aster Holdings Director Nayan Patel for
damages he has suffered for failing to develop the
land as planned since it was evaded.
Justice Elijah Obaga who preceded the case
said that from the evidence presented, the title
deed transferred to Caroget Investment ltd which
Mr. Kabogo is a director, was obtained illegally, un
procedurally and through corrupt scheme.
In his defend Mr. Kabogo testified that he
acquired the land in 2007 where he paid 8 million as
stamp duty after his application was granted by the
Nairobi city council. In the same year Mr.Kabogo’s
company invaded the property evicting workers at
the premises.
In his ruling Obaga said the property has
been in private ownership since 1946 ceasing
to be government land therefore not available
for alienation. Mr. Patel had planned to build a
residential hotel and apartment before the invasion.
The governor has now returned to court to fight
the directive to pay the Ksh 100Mn by filing a notice
of appeal seeking to overturn the decision by Justice
Elijah Obaga.
Through his lawyer Nelson Havi, the former
governor is now asking the High Court to issue
an injunction to stop the execution of the orders
pending his appeal in the superior court TB
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