Matiang’i sued again over Ksh 1.5 billion Ruaraka land scandal
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Dennis Itumbi in a new bid to sue Former Interior CS, Fred Matiang'i over Ksh 1.5 billion Ruaraka land scandal
Dennis Itumbi in a new bid to sue Former Interior CS, Fred Matiang’i over Ksh 1.5 billion Ruaraka land scandal.
Chief Administrative Secretary nominee Dennis Itumbi has renewed his bid to privately prosecute former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i over the KSh1.5 billion Ruaraka land transaction.
Itumbi filed the case at the Magistrate Court in Nairobi, arguing that Matiang’i was involved in the irregular land acquisition by the National Land Commission (NLC).
2020 saw Chief Magistrate Douglas Ogoti reject Itumbi’s request to put the formerly influential minister in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration on trial.
Itumbi obtained his evidence illegally, according to Ogoti, who also discovered no evidence that the Director of Public Prosecutions declined to bring charges against Dr. Matiang’i.
And now, Through his lawyers, Itumbi also sought more information from various government offices, including the Ministry of Education and the National Land Commission to compile compelling evidence for his case against Matiang’i.
In his case filed before Justice Hedwig Ong’udi, the CAS has also sued Ruaraka High School and Attorney General Justin Muturi, Chief Land Registrar, and the Nairobi County director of physical planning and urban development.
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Itumbi claims that he wrote three letters; on February 7, March 13, and March 22 this year requesting that he be supplied with information on the Ruaraka land transactions but the government agencies have declined to do so.
In the case, Itumbi says he is relying on Ogoti’s decision.
“The petitioner now guided by the said ruling in pursuit of his right to access information under Article 35 (1) of the Constitution made a formal request by his letters dated February 7, 2023, March 13, 2023, and March 22, 2023, to the respondents requesting to be furnished with the documents that would enable him to gather evidence towards the filing of the private prosecution against Dr Fred Matiang’i,” Itumbi’s court papers read in part.
According to him, he learned in 2018 that NLC had paid Sh1.5 billion to acquire 2.8255 hectares and 2.7472 hectares out of land owned by Afrison Export and Import Limited and Huelands Limited.
The two parcels of land, according to him, were to have two schools; Drive-In Primary School and Ruaraka High School.
He alleges that the court found that Matiang’i, who was then Education CS, failed to consider a report by the ministry dated January 27, 2017, before the compulsory acquisition process started.
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