Labour and Social Protection CS Florence Bore has come out to clear the air regarding a multi-million palatial home in Karen, Nairobi.
The CS whose identity had initially been concealed was prominently featured in media reports in which she was implicated for allegedly trying to forcefully purchase a house at an undervalued price.
According to the reports, Bore wanted to acquire the house at KSh 90 million, a quite far cry from KSh 120 million, its current value.
However, giving her side of the story, the CS dismissed the reports as utter falsehood.
Bore said that she had entered into a private agreement with a company associated with Gatanga MP Edward Muriu whose wife brought the issue to the public.
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"I entered into an agreement to purchase the property at a negotiated and agreed purchase price," she said.
The CS explained that she honoured her bit of the agreement and served the other party with the same.
"I signed my part of the agreement for sale and transmitted the agreement through my lawyers to the vendor's lawyers for signing on their part. Their lawyers, Muriu Mungai & Company (MMC Asafo), acknowledged receipt of the signed agreement for sale by stamping on the forwarding letter by my Advocates," said Bore.
Following the agreement, she went ahead to offset part of the agreed purchasing price by paying 10% deposit.
She would then occupy the property as she strived to clear the remainder of the payment within 90 days as per their agreement.
"It was a term in the agreement for sale that the completion period of the transaction was 90 days from the date of signing the agreement," revealed Bore.
She registered her frustration as regards the manner the second party decided to go about the matter.
Bore said that her children who had already moved into the property were almost forcefully evicted despite her absence in the country.
It took the intervention of the police who barred Muriu and his team from accessing the property.
Bore faulted the lawmaker for not waiting for her return so that the issues bringing contention could be resolved.
The lawmaker's wife had earlier asserted that the CS moved into the property without any binding agreement.
"There is no agreement signed whatsoever. No transaction has taken place. This house still belongs to me and my husband. The CS showed interest in the house. She came to our home and tabled an offer of KSh 90 million, and we told her the house goes for KSh 120 million," said Mary Muriu.
