Police Service declared owner of disputed land in Lang'ata, says PS Korir
The Ministry of Lands has confirmed that the National Police Service (NPS) is the rightful owner of a multi-billion shilling parcel of land in Lang'ata, Nairobi, currently at the center of a dispute with the Wilson Mutumba Women Group.
The confirmation came during a meeting with the National Assembly’s Lands Committee, where Principal Secretary Nixon Korir stated that LR. No. 209/10610, measuring 28.66 hectares, is legally owned by the NPS and not the women’s group, which claims to be the rightful owners.
PS Korir addressed the Lands Committee, chaired by North Mugirango MP Joash Nyamoko, explaining that the government had appealed a High Court ruling that favored the women’s group.
He emphasized that the land was allocated to the Permanent Secretary of the National Treasury in 2010 through a letter of allotment, Ref: 209163/XI.
“This parcel of land was allocated to the Permanent Secretary to the National Treasury through a letter of allotment Ref: 209163/XI dated April 28, 2010,” Korir told the committee.
Korir further clarified that the land, which is home to upscale police housing units at the West Park Police Lines in Nairobi's South C Estate, has been under continuous government ownership.
The title deed for the land is held by the Treasury Principal Secretary, who acts as the trustee of government property.
"The grant to this property (LR. No. 209/10610) was processed as Grant IR NO.129371 on April 21, 2011. The land has neither changed ownership nor undergone subdivision since,” Korir added.
The property has been a subject of multiple court cases, both criminal and civil, and it is currently occupied by the National Police Service, with around 600 residential units housing government officers.
The committee's inquiry stemmed from a petition filed by the Wilson Mutumba Women Group, led by MP Njuguna Kawanjiko, which challenges the NPS’s claim to the land.
Despite the ongoing legal battle, PS Korir reiterated that the National Police Service has full legal rights to the land in question.