EACC links tycoon and county staff to land sagaThe Ethics and Anto-Corruption Commission says the land was irregularly alloacated to a private developer. Real estate tycoons, brokers and Nairobi County government employees face prosecution over the property that originally belonged to the defunct Nairobi City Council. According to investigations, Mr Kibira and his wife Mary Gekenia, who were the vendors, allegedly received Sh8.25 million while Stephen Mwangi (County Chief Officer Lands), who approved survey works and forwarded them to Director of Survey, received Sh10.35 million. Residents claim that there was no public participation prior to acquisition of the land by the developer as provided for in law. Sonko claimed that the EACC director was shielding the developer, a reason why the case has dragged.“The public property was acquired illegally.

Source: Standard Digital January 10, 2020 21:33 UTC