EACC in court seeking to recover KAA land worth Sh2.4billion
The anti-graft body, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has today filed multiple suits before the Mombasa Environment and Land Court seeking to recover 10 parcels of public land worth Sh2.4billion grabbed from the Moi International Airport in Mombasa and belonging to Kenya Airport Authority (KAA).
In addition, the commission want to recover Sh9.8million being illegal compensation with respect to some of the parcels of the land compulsorily acquired by the National Land Commission for the Construction of the SGR and the Dongo – Kundu Kipevu Road Project in Mombasa.
Through a statement, the commission says the compensation was paid by NLC to the East African Gas Company Limited, the current registered owner of all the parcels of the Airport land, whose Directors include Joshua Chelelgo Kulei, Caroline Jebet Kigen and Kipkurui Kimosop.
The grabbed land sought to be recovered is public land that was set aside for use by Moi International Airport, Mombasa under the management of Kenya Airports Authority.
It includes part of the Moi International Airport runway, a UN support base, and a Kenyan Military Base and its Watchtower.
In the suits, EACC has sued the following persons; Peter Kipyegon Lagat- Former Managing Director of the Kenya Airports Authority
The Gas Company Limited-Private company, which transferred all its parcels under its name to the East African Gas Company Limited
East African Gas Company Limited – A private Company in Mombasa currently registered as the owner of all the grabbed parcels of land.
Others are Frankway Link Agencies- an unregistered entity used to facilitate some of the transactions.
Jeewi Ltd – Registered as a limited liability company and used to facilitate some of the transactions.
Peninsula Agencies – an unregistered entity involved in the transactions.
Spelling International – Registered as a limited liability company.
Park Mansions Ltd – an unregistered entity involved in the transactions.
Jay & K Enterprises – an unregistered entity involved in the transactions.
Malachi A Ooro – a Kenyan citizen involved in the transactions.
P. Gomu – a Kenyan citizen involved in the transactions.
Kokog Investments Ltd – an unregistered entity involved in the transactions Bush Veld Limited – an unregistered entity involved in the transactions Wilson Gacanja- Former Commissioner of Lands Tom Aziz Chavangi- Former Chief Executive Officer, National Land Commission
Salome Munubi- Former Director of Valuation, National Land Commission
“The National Land Commission Officials are sued because of facilitating illegal compensation of parcels of the land following compulsory acquisition for construction of the Nairobi – Mombasa Standard Gauge Railway and the Dongo – Kundu Kipevu Road Project, despite the fact that the parcels were public land set aside for Moi International Airport,” reads the statement in part.
The commission notes that due to the fraudulent acquisition of Airport land, KAA was deprived of a strategic asset for the administration, control, management and advancement of state operations relating to Moi International Airport, Mombasa.
