Embakasi Land compensation row drags back to court next week

Through Dahir, Affey and Associates the demand letter addressed to the EACC, DCI and the ODPP, "the owners of the land located in Embakasi in Nairobi county sold it to the Kenya Railways Corporation for the construction of the standard gauge railway project." 

The law firm says the compensation of Ksh. 2.75 billion was marred with irregularities and those who received the compensation money were not the duly registered members of the Dupoto Dafur settlement scheme.

"The lawfirm that was representing the vendors in the transaction were replaced with other firms in shady questionable and legally dishonourable ways," reads the letter in part.

Kenya Railways is said to have disbursed the compensation billions on 16th December 2023 that was meant for the Dupoto Dafur settlement scheme was deposited to a joint account held in the names of Sankale and Company Advocates and Johnson Partners LLP that a section of the members have disowned.

The court had allowed mediation between the warring parties and they return to court on Tuesday next week.

The letter has been copied to Office of the President, CS Lands Public works and Urban Development, PS Lands and Physical Planning and the National Assembly.