Former Lands Commissioner and Baringo Central MP, Sammy Silas Komen Mwaita, has been arrested in connection with a multi-million-shilling land fraud case in Nairobi West.
According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mwaita was apprehended in Kilimani on Sunday and is facing a number of charges, including conspiracy to commit a felony, creating a document without authority, abuse of office, and providing false information to a public officer.
“Detectives have today arrested Hon. Sammy Silas Komen Mwaita at Kilimani for the offences of conspiracy to commit a felony, making a document without authority, abuse of office, and giving false information to a person employed in the public service,” said the DCI in a statement.
His arrest follows new directives from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) regarding two plots on Mai Mahiu Road in Nairobi West.
According to the DCI, the parcels, both prime properties, are valued at millions of shillings.
“His arrest follows further directions by the ODPP in a case involving two plots located at Nairobi West along Mai Mahiu Road—both valued at millions of Kenya shillings,” the DCI added.
Mwaita is currently being processed for arraignment, as investigations continue and a manhunt for his alleged accomplice intensifies.
