The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered public land worth Ksh50 million illegally acquired in Mombasa County.
In a statement released on Friday, the Commission confirmed that the recovered parcel measures approximately 0.0873 hectares and is located within the Kenya Railways Light House Kizingo Estate along Pwani Road, near the junction of David Kayanda Road.
The land, initially developed in the 1950s by the East African Railways and Harbors Corporation, houses a four-bedroom house and a garage. Since its establishment, the Kenya Railways Corporation has occupied and controlled it.
However, the property was irregularly and illegally allocated to Kizingo Apartments Limited before being transferred to Kizingo Condominium Limited in 2011.
Following investigations, EACC filed a recovery suit on July 7, 2020, at the Environment and Land Court in Mombasa.
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The matter was resolved through an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process, and a consent agreement was recorded and adopted before Justice Stephen Kibunja.
As part of the settlement, Kizingo Condominium Limited agreed to surrender the land to the Government of Kenya for registration in favor of Kenya Railways Corporation.
The company will also hand over the original Certificate of Lease for cancellation and facilitate rectifying the land records.
In addition, the court issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Kizingo Condominium Limited from alienating, transferring, or dealing with the land other than surrendering it to Kenya Railways.
The EACC reiterated its commitment to recovering all illegally acquired public assets and urged individuals or entities currently in possession of such properties to voluntarily surrender them for their intended public use.
