Land Registrar Sheds Light On KSh 944m Donholm Parcel In Case Involving Former Kayole Chief Alexander Hoops

• A registrar from the Ministry of Lands said that she had documents that would prove the contested land was under the ownership of Gidjoy Investments
• Vincensia Juma said she had a certificate of land titles and white cards showing that the KSh 944 million land indeed belonged to Gidjoy Investments and deposited them as evidence
• The land is a subject of contention between the company and a group of self-help group members who had also claimed ownership and forcibly entered the parcel

A Ministry of Lands registrar has shed more light concerning the ownership of a prime parcel of land in Donholm Estate in Nairobi.

Donholm land case

The land valued at over KSh 944 million has been a subject of contention between Gidjoy Investment Limited and four other people accused of attempting to grab the land by masquerading as members of a self-help group.

In the matter, former Kayole Chief Alexander Hoops Shihemi and his three accomplices Patrobas Awino, Peter Gitau Muiruri and Peter Njoroge Kanika were accused of fraudulently attempting to acquire the land from Gidjoy Investments as reported by People Daily.

Appearing in court on Tuesday, August 8, Vincensia Juma, a registrar and also an advocate at the Ministry of Lands, told the court that she had documents to prove the 11.8 acres parcel of land was under the ownership of Gidjoy Investments.

Juma stated that she had a certificate of land titles and white cards showing that the land indeed belonged to Gidjoy.

Land grabbing in Nairobi

Awino, an official of a self-help group and nine others were arrested and charged with malicious damage to the parcel.

Juma told trial Magistrate Gilbert Shikwe that she was in possession of certified land documents showing proof of ownership.

"The current owners in all the property mentioned is Gidjoy investment Ltd, I ask this court to place this documents as exhibits," said the registrar.

Another witness, Oscar Munyasia, a police officer attached to a police station in Buruburu, told the court that on March 27, 2018, he was called by his boss, informing him about ten people who had trespassed at a private property.

He listed the 10 as; Benita Alando Nathaniel, Peter Keya Owino, David Mutuku Makau, Kennedy Odhiambo Alex, Titus Ochieng Okoth, Boniface Oduor Anyiego, Calvince Ochieng Ooko, Patrobas Awino, Nick Omondi Owango and Philemon Otieno.

They were accused that on March 27, 2018, they maliciously damaged a perimeter wall valued at KSh 144,000 at Donholm Estate.

They also faced a further count, where they were accused of entering the said parcel of land, the property of Gidjoy Investment, violently by chasing away security guards while armed with crude weapons.