Inside the Ksh.1.3 billion Loresho land row between city businessman and former Nairobi PC

The owner of an 8-acre parcel of land in Loresho is accusing former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi of defying court orders in continuing to illegally occupy the parcel of land.

Chelogoi is accused of frustrating businessman Ashok Kumar Rupshi despite a high court judgment and several court orders that ordered the former PC to surrender the property to Ashok, who the court ruled is the genuine owner of the land.

The protracted land battle dates back to 2019 with High Court case number 312 of 2009, between Ashok Kumar Rupshi, Hitten Kumar and the late Jacob Juma.

With that hurdle out of the way, Ashok sought access to the 8-acre piece of land, but he encountered another hurdle when he was informed of another ownership dispute, that of Davis Chelogoi. And when the office of the chief land registrar summoned both parties, Chelogoi was absent.

Magistrate Dolphina Alego issued an arrest warrant after Chelogoi failed to appear in court for plea taking where he was jointly charged alongside Assistant Deputy Director in the Lands Administration Office Andrew Aseri Kirungu, both charged with conspiracy to defraud a parcel of land valued at Ksh1.35 billion.

Kirungu was further charged with fraudulently obtaining a land registration number and abuse of office contrary to section 101 of the Penal Code.

When Citizen TV visited the Loresho land in search of answers, a group of people was keeping guard at the piece of land.