An Italian national on Tuesday October 31 filed a case at the High Court seeking the suspension of the order that gave the Kirima family orders to evict thousands of residents from a nearly 1,000-acre piece of land in Njiru, Chokaa, and Mihango areas.
The Italian national in his petition accused the Kirima family of fraudulently obtaining the land documents.
One of the petitioners who is the administrator of the estate of Dominico De Masi, the man who reportedly sold the land to the late politician Gerishon Kirima, moved to court seeking stay orders arguing that they did not sell the land to the late politician.
“The Honorable Court was presented with fake documents and the Respondents obtained the judgment through fraud,” read the court documents.
“It is in the interest of the Honorable Court to protect its sanctity and integrity to order for review of the judgement and allow the Applicant present the available evidence and exonerate the court from the possibility of relying on fake documents.”
In his application, Italian national Bernado Vicezo De Masi wants to be enjoined in the suit.
He is also asking the court to order a review of the judgment issued by Justice S. Okong’o on October 23 which directed those occupying the land LR. No. 5908/8 to vacate the land by December 31st, failure to which they should be evicted by the Kirima Estate Administrators.
The administrator has also disputed reports that he sold the land to the late Kirima in the 1970s and said that he has been engaging the squatters occupying their land with the aim of reaching a settlement.
The remarks follow similar pronouncements by Embakasi East MP Babu Owino who on Friday claimed that the disputed 1,000 acres of land in Njiru, Chokaa, and Mihango areas do not rightfully belong to the late Starehe MP.
MP Babu alleged that the original owner of the land was an Italian national whom he says procured it from a man of Indian descent in 1966, further promising to challenge the eviction threat in court.
