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Former Minister Sam Ongeri wins land case against EACC

Former Education Minister Sam Ongeri addresses stakeholders when he launched an ICT centre at the Kenya Science Institute. [File, Standard]

The Lands Court has dismissed the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)’s bid to force former Minister Prof Sam Ongeri to surrender an alleged market property in Kisii, which it claimed was illegally acquired.

The anti-corruption watchdog sued Ongeri and former lands commissioner James Raymond Njenga, claiming that the property under his name was set aside for the Kisii Municipal Market.

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