Kenya: The fight for control of Tatu City has taken a new twist after a man wrote to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga citing corruption in a case that is in the High Court.
The author of the letter dated August 25, claims Sh50 million has been paid in bribes to influence the outcome of a case before court.
Mr Wilfred Gitonga of Kenyans for Clean Justice challenged Mutunga to investigate his claims and take action.
“If your noble office does not intervene, Kenyans stand to lose greatly and the glimmer hope that was brought by reforms will be wasted,” said the letter.
The letter added that the claims brings to the forefront the dangerous, dark forces that operate in the judicial system and is hell bent in rolling back the gains made so far.
The letter was copied to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Director of Public Prosecutions, Law Society of Kenya and Commission on Administrative Justice.
This came as it emerged that police have so far interrogated 20 people in a complaint by a group of international investors, who have accused their Kenyan partners of fraudulent transfer of shares and attempted theft of land valued at more than Sh5 billion.
Former Central Bank Governor Nahashon Nyagah is among people summoned to the CID headquarters last week and grilled for hours.
The others grilled are eight nominee shareholders, whose names were used in an attempt to grab 1,183 acres of land that had been bought by tycoon, Titus Muya.
The land was valued at Sh5.6 billion in 2014 by Knight Frank.
The international investors met President Uhuru and Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery to complain against the alleged plot to steal the land.
Last Monday, a team of CID officers briefed Nkaissery on the progress of the case, saying they intend to complete statement taking by end of the month and forward the files to the DPP for action.
Rendeavour CEO Stephen Jennings is among those who have lodged a complaint over the issue.
Rendeavour, which runs Kofinaf, is a huge real estate company that is setting up new satellite cities in multiple countries across Africa.
CID says a complaint lodged allege that titles had gone missing at the Lands Registry after change of ownership and board composition files of a subsidiary company at the Companies Registry.
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The project stalled in July 2010 when a case was lodged in court to stop sale of any land.
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