𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 SH 35 MILLION 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗠𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗗𝗚𝗘; 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦

BY ERIC ABUGA

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered a prime parcel of land worth Sh 35 million located next to the Bungoma State Lodge at Milimani area in Bungoma Town.

The private developer is said to have demolished a government house that stood on the land, known as Bungoma Township/169, measuring about half an acre, and constructed a multimillion luxury maisonette.

The Court has already issued orders for an eviction from the property on the land said to belong to the Ministry of State Department for Housing and Urban Development.

In a judgment delivered by Bungoma Environment and Land Court on Thursday, 9 October 2025, Justice Enock Cherono declared that all transactions leading to the acquisition of the land by Ms. Judy Nekoye were fraudulent, illegal, null and void. 

Justice Cherono nullified the Certificate of Lease and directed the Bungoma Land Registrar to rectify the Land Register by canceling all illegal entries relating to the grabbers.

During the proceedings, the Commission informed the Court that its investigations established that the property was among properties reserved by the Government in 1961 for the construction of residential houses for senior public officers. 

In 2004, the property was irregularly and illegally allocated to Mr. Charles Nyasani and Scolastica Nyakerario, who later transferred it to Ms. Judy Nekoye in 2016.

Ms. Nekoye petitioned the court seeking to be declared the owner of the land, a move EACC opposed vigorously. Upon hearing the case, Justice Enock Cherono ruled in favor of EACC and issued orders.

A declaration was issued that the Certificate of Lease registered on October 18, 2002 in favor of Charles Nyasani and Scolastica Nyakerario over Bungoma Township 169 was fraudulently obtained, null and void, and incapable of conferring any interest to the plaintiff (Ms. Nekoye).

A declaration was also issued that the lease registered on October 24, 2016 in favor of the Ms. Nekoye over Bungoma Township 169 was fraudulently obtained, illegal, null, and void.

The Judge ruled that the registration of all entries relating to the Certificate of Lease issued in respect of Bungoma Township 169 be cancelled.

An order directing the Land Registrar, Bungoma Land Registry, to expunge from the records and/or rectify the register by canceling all entries relating to the Certificate of Lease and subsequent entries for Bungoma Township 169 was alos issued.

An eviction order directing the plaintiff, her servants, agents, or assigns to vacate Bungoma Township 169 was declared too. 

The Commission is pursuing 16 additional prime public properties believed to have been grabbed within Bungoma town for recovery and return to the public.