The Land and Environment Court in Eldoret is scheduled to deliver a landmark judgment in the ownership of a suit property valued at Ksh.200 million, pitting a prominent trader and a company associated with nominated Senator Margaret Kamar and her daughter.
Justice Elijah Obaga has settled on March 14, the day he will deliver the verdict on who the legal owners of the two prime parcels of land measuring 50.3 hectares.
Wilson Arap Maina, the plaintiff in the matter has been battling in the corridor of justice for the last six years with the Senator and her daughter Maria Soti over the ownership of the multi-million shillings property.
Maina, who is the younger brother of the late former State House Comptroller Abraham Kiptanui, took Kamar and her daughter to court for refusing to transfer to him the two prime parcels of land he bought from them through his company Kobilo Farm Limited six years ago.
The disputed parcels of land under ownership dispute is located in Moiben Sub County, Uasin Gishu County along the Eldoret-Iten highway are Sergoit/Koiwoptaoi/13/9 measuring 36.7 hectares and Sergoit Koiwoptaoi/14/4 measuring 13.6 hectares.
In his testimony before Justice Obaga, Maina said that he entered into a sale agreement with the Senator and her daughter on July 9, 2018, where they agreed to sell to him the said parcels of land.
He said that he had fulfilled his part of the bargain after paying Kshs. 194 million and remained with a balance of Kshs. 6 million which he was set to clear upon the two defendants surrendering the said property to his company.
Maina told the court that the defendants in the matter, however, refused to transfer the property to him, thus forcing him to move to court to seek legal redress.
He further told the court that he was unable to access and utilize the property since he purchased it after the defendants refused to submit to him the original title deed, KRA PIN, clearance certificate and valid rates among other crucial documents.
The court heard that the plaintiff entered into the transaction agreement with the defendants through their share holding company, Elfarm Limited six years ago.
