High court has directed a section of residents in the disputed Njiru land belonging to late politician Gerishon Kirima’s family to serve their court papers to all the parties in te case and appear in court for further directions on the 24th of January 2024.
In the case the case the residents want to be enjoined in a case where they are challenging court desiocn that they be vacated from te controversial land by end of this year.
The residents want the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to take up the matter and investigate how Kirima acquired the land in the first place.
In a petition filed before the court, the residents sought an order from the court to compel the DCI to examine the documents presented before court and establish who between Kirima and Italian Dominico De Masi is the rightful owner of the contested piece of land.
The residents through lawyer Danstan Omari said they want the DCI to investigate the documents submitted by the family of the alleged original owner of the land the late Italian Dominico De Masi, to establish whether there was proper transfer of the property to the Kirimas.
They have also written to the National Lands Commission to investigate the title deed of the land.
The latest move stems from the October 23, judgement by Environment and Land Court judge Samson Okong’o, naming former Starehe MP Gerishon Kirima as its rightful owner.
Okang’o gave the squatters up to December 31, to vacate and hand over possession of the property to the estate of Kirima.
The residents said the judgement as it is, if executed will gravely affect them and would be negatingthe economic development of the area.