Palatial homeowners ordered to vacate a 10-acre land in Ngata are piling pressure on the seller to address their woes.
The seller, Kinaro Ndubi, claims at least 50 families have been camping daily at his premises, seeking a solution to their predicament.
Kinaro made the revelation in a suit filed at the Environment and Lands Court seeking to stop the eviction of the families from the parcel of land.
“The families numbering over 40 who bought from me the sub-divisions of the suit parcel and took possession during the lifetime of and with the knowledge and permission of the previous registered owner and have built palatial homes thereunto are daily camping at my premises seeking a solution to their predicament,” stated Kinaro.
Justice Mwangi Njoroge on June 29 ordered the families to vacate the property within three months.
The families have until mid-September to vacate the property or be evicted.
Justice Njoroge issued the orders following a suit filed by Selina Chepkoech Selim (representative of the estate of Kimutai Selim).
Chepkoech, through lawyer Kipkoech Ng'etich, had sued 11 individuals claiming she had been dispossessed of her 10-acre land in Ngata.
The judge said 11 people were conned into buying the parcel of land, illegally acquired from a widow and sub-divided into plots.
The judge added that the families occupying the land were deceived, since the person who sold them the plots had nothing to sell to them out of LR Number Njoro/Ngata Block 2/2733 and that they ought to seek an appropriate remedy against him and his collaborators in the mischief.
Chepkoech in the suit named Ezekiel Cheboi, Robert, Zephaniah Kurgat, Allan Oguta, Pius Okelo Odero, Sarah Masolo, Andrew, Hezron Magak Obuya, Samuel Osee, Richard Koskey, Kinaro Ndubi t/a Ekegoro Stationery Supplies, and three others as defendants in a case she filed in December 2013.
Kinaro was placed at the centre of the sale as he claimed to have acquired it from Chepkoech’s late husband and sold it to third parties.
Kinaro in the application claims the late Kimutai Selim sold him the property and sanctioned the sub-division to the defendants in the case. He reveals that over 50 families have been camping at his home seeking solutions to their predicament.
He added that it is inconceivable that the families affected by the judgment can all find alternative homes within the period granted by the court.
The matter will be mentioned on September 19, for directions.
