Former MP Daniel Ronoh testifies in Ksh.20 M land dispute

The current market value of the said property located in Elgon View estate where the buyer, Godfrey Ofunya Omondi, wanted to construct a house, stands at Ksh. 20 million.

He told the Presiding Lands Court Judge Elijah Obaga that he did due diligence before linking up the buyer to Julie Kandie, owner of the property which is at the centre of a legal ownership dispute.

Ronoh confessed to the Judge that he has been brokering for his clients in need of prime plots through his company; Maestro Properties Limited which he claimed has offices in Eldoret and Nairobi towns.

Omondi, he told the court, approached him around March, 2010 requesting him to secure for him a plot to purchase in Eldoret, a task which he undertook without wasting time as he was assured of his commission after the transaction.

Ronoh explained that he paid Ms Kandie Ksh.800, 0000 which he received from the senior KRA officer paving the way for the surrender of the ownership document.

The former lawmaker surprised the court when he said that he could not produce evidence to show that he paid the seller Ksh. 400,000 in cash and cleared the balance of Ksh. 400,000 through her bank account.

Ms Kandie has vehemently denied that she ever sold her plot to the senior KRA officer terming the whole process fraud.

Justice Obaga has directed the Land Registrar Uasin Gishu to present before his court to shed light on ownership of the said property on September 26, 2024.