Details of how Kenyan cartels have been using dirty tactics to illegally take over property belonging to wealthy foreigners have been revealed.
The cartel allegedly comprises crooked lawyers, police officers, land officers, and immigration officers and mainly targets aged foreigners and Kenyans of foreign descent who own property in the country, according to The Standard.
The scheme involves drafting of fake Wills, forged signatures and coaching of fake witnesses who are then used to obtain court orders for taking over property belonging to foreigners.
In some instances, the alliance uses international networks to make fake court orders which are then presented in Kenyan courts.
Last month, three Appellate Court Judges Alnashir Visram, Martha Koome, and A K Murgor stopped the takeover of Salama Beach Hotel in Watamu by an Italian Hans Jurgen Langer and his wife Zahra Langer from Isaac Rudrot.
The judges dismissed the case after establishing that the Italian couple used fake court orders issued by a court in Milan, Italy in a bid to evict Rudrot from the Sh1 billion property.
The court established that the Milan case number on the purported judgment was for another case that was yet to conclude.
In a separate case, Nairobi lawyer Guy Elms said there have been several attempts to illegally take over assets belonging to his client Roger Bryan Robson, who died on August 8th, 2012, aged 71.
Robson, who was originally from the United Kingdom, owned prime plots of land in Nairobi’s Karen and Upper Hill estates worth about Sh600 million today.
Elms said the businessman appointed him as his lawyer and gave him the power of attorney to execute his will. The deceased had no wife or children and his only relation was a brother, Michael Fairfax who is based in the UK.
After his death, a number of individuals emerged to claim ownership of his property and the matter is before courts.
One of the six claimants said he had purchased the property from Robson for Sh100 million in cash, Elms said.
Elms said he has been living in fear over Robson’s property. At one point, Elms was arrested and charged for allegedly forging Robson’s will but was later released after the State withdrew charges against him.
“I sometimes fear for my life. If I had known that I would be subjected to this when I agreed to be the executor of my client’s will, I would not have agreed. Now I have to make sure that his Will is followed. If I wanted the property for myself I would have sold it a long time ago,” Elms told The Standard.
In Nakuru, Sarah Joselyn, a 76-year-old British national said she was named as the sole beneficiary of the property left behind by the late Richard Ingram Crawford.
Crawford, who died in 2014, had written his Will in 2009. In 2017, a claimant emerged claiming to have purchased the land from Crawford before he died.
Early last year, Joselyn’s British Passport was confiscated by the police and has not been returned to date. She was arrested in January and charged with forging Crawford’s Will and was detained for a week before being freed.
In another case, former Laikipia East MP Anthony Mutahi is embroiled in a legal battle with a rancher and Kenyan-born, Stuart Cunningham over the 20-acre Thornlea Farm in Nanyuki. Stuart claims he bought the parcel in 1994 and wants the politician evicted.
The Standard established that police are currently trailing a cartel comprising Nairobi County Government and Ministry of Lands officials who fraudulently dispossessed five foreigners of their property in separate incidences.
With such cases of greed…
With such cases of greed existing in Kenya who would be surprised of Cohen’s death? Too many greedy hyenas in Kenya, too many.
this is why I am unwilling…
this is why I am unwilling to invest in Kenya. If not this people, you have family members who will do you the same way. It’s a COLD WORLD.
Family are the Worst, cold…
Family are the Worst, cold Blooded Mongrels…
These cases are everywhere…
These cases are everywhere.
Kenyans faking documents to steal from foreigners and also stealing from anyone else they can.
To curb this, we need more jails or they let us take the matters on our own hands because, most of the police force; judiciary, lawyers and politicians are corrupt. So some of these cases do even see the light of the day.
Ken motley, I agree with you…
Ken motley, I agree with you…but all is not lost, though. Investing in Kenya is not that bad as most people try to make it sound. I have invested heavily back home after taking a lot precautions here and there. Kenya is a good country to live in: I was born there. But criminals, thieves, fraudsters, con men/women, tricksters, crafters, wachoraji, have invaded our beautiful country in all sectors of our nation. We have all manner of cartels(mungiki) wherever you go. Kenya have become a den of rogues, crooks, suckers…so much so that its scary. Kenya have mauled by human dogs. Just be careful with these characters calling themselves Gakuyo, Usernames, Optiven, pastor Ng’ang’a and Kanyari, Apostle Peter, Profet Owuor, governors, Mpigs, Mcas, women reps, lawyers, surveyors etc. I can’t for sure advice you on how best to how to go about playing safe with your doubles, but don’t give up yet. If those claiming to have genuine title deeds aren’t so sure whether they are for real! Its that scaring. Utter greed, manifesting itself in many damning forms and shapes, has devoured the Kenyan moral fabric, to an extent that exhibition of societal decay is now the norm. Greed has taken control of most Kenyans lives, and what matters more is how to have more, and more, all by ourselves. Sad!
Investing in Kenya is…
Investing in Kenya is personal option, Not everyone is obligated to invest in Kenya by the way, You may start your own business anywhere in Africa, Somalia, Sudan , Uganda all of them need investors or right here in US you may invest in cities like Detroit, Baltimore, South or Westside Chicago, Gary – Indiana etc.
Apparently I found that most of comments here come from people who are babysitting abandoned American retards, the longer they do the job the lower is their reasoning capacity and they become retards just like individuals they are caring for a living, As results we hear on news that they sex with them ( the retards) and you can tell from how they drop comments here .
You elect people akin to…
You elect people akin to animals in the way the conduct themselves, then be prepared for the results. You cannot and will never have it both ways. If your local leader is not thoroughly vetted, if they ran for office and won by virtue of the fact that you speak the same language or come to the same village then do not be shocked over the turnout. It is very easy to point an accusing finger, but all the power and solutions lie with us. Eacg and Every Kenyan. I always say, maybe Kenyans haven’t had enough, because the day the will, impunity, corruption, nepotism and theft will stop.
@kikuyu wamunjoba u have…
@kikuyu wamunjoba u have spoken like an idiot.It doesn’t matter where u work,how much you get paid or the titles u hold?By the end of the day it’s about how smart ur in making use of that $$ ur getting paid.To say the truth where i was in states i work in disability n i can tell you i made crazy money thou the pay was low!I invested that cash hapa jamhuri n bratha trust me i can afford to drive a new range rover/mercedes name them n it’s that pesa ya pple ur calling retards(Remember we/you can become a retard anytime so just heshimu wao n especially the support workers.By the way do u know the kenyans guys who have big titles in states like RNs/engineers/bankers majority don’t have brains to invest n they have nothing in kenya.Am telling for a fact juu i used to have freds with such titles in states but upto day they sleep in my house wakikunja kutembea from majuu??Lets learn to respect those jobs which r out there.Peace.
Ok @ mkenya halisi, you are…
Ok @ mkenya halisi, you are the only one with big brain, you invested back home and the rest in diaspora haven’t done yet and I think they have small brain if they have invested back home cause they don’t make it public like you !!