The transfer of Miwani Sugar Company’s land worth Sh 2.3 billion was done illegally, a former anti-corruption officer told the court Friday.
Mr Stanley Miriti – who is one of the officers who investigated the alleged fraud where former magistrate Abdulkadir Elkindy is one of the eight accused – told the court that the certificate of consent from the Land Control Board in Nyando was issued to two entities.
Testifying before Kisumu Chief Magistrate Julius Ngarngar, Mr Miriti said that they established that the certificate of consent, which is one of the documents that authorised the transfer, was issued to Crossley Limited Company and Agro Chemical Housing Cooperative.
He produced in court two copies of the certificate of consent, saying they had the same serial number despite belonging to two entities.
They are alleged to have committed the crime between 2007 and 2008. The witness further told the court that the minutes of the Land Control Board in Nyando district concerning the piece of land might have been forged since there were two sets, one handwritten and the other typed.
[Article source: The Daily Nation, by Victor Otieno]
