A well-known trader and a business connected to Senator Margaret Kamar's nomination and her daughter are set to face off in a landmark case involving ownership of suit property valued at Ksh. 200 million, to be decided by the Land and Environment Court in Eldoret.
On March 14, the day he was scheduled to deliver his verdict regarding the rightful owners of the two prime parcels of land totaling 50.3 hectares, Justice Elijah Obaga, reached a settlement.
Wilson Arap Maina, the plaintiff in this case, has been fighting the Senator and her daughter Maria Soti in the courtroom for the last six years regarding who owns the multi-million shilling property.
Maina, the younger brother of the late former State House Comptroller Abraham Kiptanui, sued Kamar and her daughter for not transferring to him the two prime parcels of land he had purchased from them six years prior through Kobilo Farm Limited.
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The contested land parcels, Sergoit/Koiwoptaoi/13/9 measuring 36.7 hectares and Sergoit Koiwoptaoi/14/4 measuring 13.6 hectares, are situated along the Eldoret-Iten highway in Moiben Sub County, Uasin Gishu County.
Maina testified before Justice Obaga that on July 9, 2018, he signed a sale agreement with the Senator and her daughter, in which they committed to selling him the land above parcels.
After paying Kshs. 194 million, he claimed to have fulfilled his half of the agreement. He still had Kshs. Six million to pay when the two defendants turned over the property above to his business.
Maina informed the court that he was forced to file a lawsuit to pursue legal action because the defendants declined to give him the property.
He also informed the court that since he bought the property, he has been unable to access or use it because the defendants refused to give him essential documents like the original title deed, KRA PIN, clearance certificate, and valid rates.
The plaintiff and defendants entered into a transaction agreement six years ago through Elfarm Limited, the defendants' share-holding company, according to testimony given to the court.
