Over the week, there was some drama online after a video of an old man was being arrested from his home. The man who is said to have lived in that property for close to three decades was surprised after he received some uninvited visitors to his Lavington home who went ahead to handcarff him. This was followed by some people who started to fence off some part of his land.
This raised public uproar with Kenyans questioning why the old man was being put on carffs as if he was a criminal. Today the Judiciary has finally broken it's silence over the matter saying that their attention has been drawn over allegations that it's also facilitating land grabbing.
Through a press statement to the news room, the Koome led judiciary said that the disputed land has already been issued a petition with Mahesh Kumar Bhatti and Anita Bhatti as the applicants.
According to the judiciary the two people are joint owners of the property and the one who allegedly invaded the land is also a co-owner. It further stated that it has directed the registrar of lands to prepare all papers for signing.
"The Judiciary has been made aware of adverse media reports touching on the institution regarding a land dispute on land parcel LR No. 209/7771/1, LR No. 209/7771/2 and LR No. 209/7771 in the Lavington area of Nairobi City County and wishes to provide the following details to the public in the context of 'supposed' Court Orders issued in respect to the property in question:
Mahesh Kumar Bhatti and Anita Bhatti (applicants) have instituted civil proceedings in the Environment and Land Court at Milimani by way of originating summons under case number ELC O.S E015 of 2023 Mahesh Kumar Bhatti and Anita Bhatti vs. Malkiat Singh Assi and Munir Ahmed Chowdhary. In the suit they have sought the following prayers:
1. That a declaration do issue that the applicants have jointly acquired title to and ownership of all that parcel of land known as land reference No. 209/7771/2 by virtue of adverse possession.
2. That the Chief Land Registrar Ministry of Lands Nairobi do hereby register the applicants as the joint proprietors of LR No. 209/7771/2 in place of the respondents and the Deputy Registrar of the Court be authorized to sign all necessary papers, documents and transfer forms, application for the consent of the Land Control Board to ensure that the applicants are registered as the owners of the said suit property free from all encumbrances." The statement reads.
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