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Intimidation cited in Ksh50 million land dispute

Intimidation cited in Ksh50 million land dispute
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A forensic document examiner currently working with the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission yesterday accused lawyer representing city businesswoman Agnes Kagure in the sh500 million Karen land dispute case of trying to intimidate him by writing letters to his bosses.

Jacob Oduor who testified in the land dispute case that Kagure is claiming ownership told the court that Kagure’s lawyer Michael Osundwa had written several letters to his bosses about his testimony in a bid to put pressure on him.

Osundwa did not deny writing the said complaint, saying the issues he raised emanated from his client Agnes Kagure.

Justice Maureen Odero who is hearing the matter warned Osundwa to advise Kagure accordingly noting that Oudor should not be threatened for giving his testimony.

In the case Kagure and businessman Thomas Mutaha filed the suit against lawyer Guy Spencer Elms accusing him of forging signatures on the Will of the late Roger Robson who died in 2012 and who owned the two parcels of land.

Kagure claims that she bought the disputed piece of land in Karen from the deceased, for Sh100 million in 2011 while Mutaha claims to be a director of Plovers Haunt limited, the company that also belonged to Roger Robson.

Mutaha claims that he was given for free all shares in the said Company.

Roger Bryan Robson died in the year 2012 and left a will with Spencer who was his lawyer to manage his properties estimated to be worth over sh 500 million.

He had indicated the estates should be sold and proceeds shared between his nephew and charitable institutions in Kenya that focus on environmental conservation.

However Kagure and Mutaha opposed the said will, accusing lawyer Spencer Elms of forging it.

Oduor who testified in the matter confirmed to have worked with former Deputy Director, Investigations & Forensic services at the National Land Commission (NLC the late Antipas Nyanjwa who prepared a report absolving Spencer of forgery claims.

The forensic examiner testified that he reviewed all the documents and his findings tallied with late Nyanjwa’s findings therefore absolving Spencer from the accusations of forgery.

Nyanjwa in his report had noted that Spencer was a victim of criminal gangs and land cartels who were adamant on frustrating him to give up on the estates of the late Roger Bryan Robson and which further confirmed that no forgery was committed by Elms.

“ I have subjected the Police Forensic Document Examiner’s report used in the criminal complaint against Mr. Guy Elms Spencer to peer review as per the professional procedures and carried an independent forensic analysis of the documents he is alleged to have forged and in my opinion I find no forgery committed.” Nyanjwa had stated in his report.

It was Nyanjwa’s findings that Spencer had no motivation to forge Roger’s signature on his probate documents just to donate to the charities in which Roger lived and which Spencer was not in any way a beneficiary.

The case now proceeds on January 16.

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