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The Environment and Lands Court in Nakuru Friday blocked the National Land Commission (NLC) from sub-dividing a multi-billion-shilling ranch in Naivasha until a suit filed in court is heard and determined.
Kedong Ranch owners, through lawyer Robert Ndumbi, moved to court accusing the District Lands office of colluding with Fredswoods Company to subdivide its 28,285 hectares land in Naivasha.
According to Ndumbi, his clients had surrendered the original title to the Land Registry to enable the commission to subdivide the land into eight portions after they had agreed to sell part of it to the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) only to find out Fredswoods was claiming ownership of the land.
"My clients had agreed to sell part of the land to a power generating company and they surrendered the title to the Lands office to allow the land to be subdivided.
We were shocked when Fredswoods Company started subdividing the land claiming ownership," he said. Appearing before Lands court judge Justice Dalmas Ohungo, Ndumbi urged the court to stop the subdivision of the land by Fredswoods on grounds that it wants to acquire it illegally.
Kedong Ranch owners have sued Fredswoods company together with the Lands Registrar's office of fraud accusing them of colluding to sell part of the ranch illegally.
The court heard that the company has been selling land and issuing titles to members of the public yet they are not the owners. In his ruling Justice Ohungo stopped issuance of title deeds and directed the NLC to revoke all titles already issued until the matter filed in court is heard and determined.
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