Land official behind bars as Former PC on Police radar over Land Fraud charges

Nairobi,

Saturday, 23 December, 2023 

McCreadie Andias 

The Ass. Deputy Land Administrator Mr. Andrew Aseri Kirungu has been sent to custody following his arrest at Kandara in Murang’a County and subsequent arraignment before Milimani Chief Magistrates’ Court on Dec 21, 2023. 

Mr. Kirung faced three counts of Conspiracy to defraud, Procuring registration of land by false pretence and Abuse of office.

In the case he was found culpable of land fraud involving a Sh1.3 billion parcel of land located at Nairobi's Loresho area and charged alongside his accomplice, former Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi. 

The case had trudged on the corridors of justice since 2009 involving a 7.390 hactares parcel of land where several parties laid claim of the property Title deed. 

The complaints Included Mr Ashok Ruphi Shah and Hitenkumar Amritlal Raja and the Late. Mr Jacob Juma. 

Ultimately, in his judgement dated and delivered on 28th July 2022, Justice L. Komingoi declared that “…..the plaintiffs are the legal owners of LR. No.18485 I.R. No.64011 Loresho, Nairobi, Kenya”. The plaintiffs being Mr. Ashok Rupshi Shah and Hitenkumar Amritlal Raja. 

The former PC would later file a lawsuit claiming ownership of the land which he was later fraudulently registered to by the help of Kirungu. 

Upon intense investigations, Chelogoi has since went into hiding with his accomplice behind bars waiting to file bond.