Victor Katana Mganga, a Personal Assistant to a Member of Parliament in the coastal region, has been arraigned before the Shanzu Law Courts and charged with malicious damage to property and conspiracy to commit a felony.
In a statement on Wednesday, June 4, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the suspect was arrested and charged over a disputed three-acre parcel of land in Kilifi South, which he is believed to have grabbed from the original owner.
“In the ongoing efforts by police to deal with land fraudsters who have become the nightmare of landowners, a notorious suspect in a case of malicious damage to property and conspiracy to commit a felony, one Victor Katana Mganga, has been arraigned at Shanzu Law Courts, charged with the two counts.
“Victor Katana, a Personal Assistant to a Member of Parliament in the coastal region, was arrested and charged following completion of investigations involving a disputed 3-acre parcel of land located in Kilifi South, which he is believed to have grabbed from the original owner,” read the statement in part.
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In the case dating back to June 2024, Katana is said to have destroyed a perimeter wall erected by the landowner, a land which was subdivided into three plots, an acre each.
Detectives in Kilifi South opened an inquiry and painstakingly pursued the case, and found out that Katana was culpable.
The sleuths forwarded their findings to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), which also approved the charges against the suspect.
While appearing before the Shanzu Chief Magistrate’s court, Katana pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded at Shimo la Tewa prison till June 11, 2025, awaiting a pre-bail report.
