Woman charged with Sh 100M Pangani land fraud

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Catherine Njeri Ng'ang'a in court. PHOTO/Suek.

An elderly woman has been charged with obtaining registration of a Sh 100 million land in Pangani by false pretenses.

Catherine Njeri Ng’ang’a is accused of procuring for herself a land title registration of land parcel number L.R. 209/2389/19 valued at Sh 100 million, belonging to the late Bertha Wamina Mugo, by falsely pretending that she was the sole rightful proprietor of the said parcel of land, a fact she knew to be false.

Ng’ang’a is alleged to have committed the offense willfully and unlawfully on diverse dates between 21st February 2014 and 23rd June 2022 at the Nairobi lands registry, Ardhi House in, jointly with others not before court.

The accused is also charged with conspiring with other not before court to defraud the estate of the late Mugo of the said land by pretending that she had bought the said land from her.

In addition, Ng’ang’a is charged with making an allotment letter for the said land without authority and purporting it to be a genuine letter of allotment issued by the National Land Commission.

The accused is also facing charges of intermeddling with the property of the deceased.

She is alleged to have committed the offense on 22nd October, 2015 within Nairobi County, jointly with others not before court, without any grant of representation or written law.

Ng’ang’a denied the charges before Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsarigo.

She was granted a bond of Sh 10 million with one surety of a similar amount.

Alternatively, she can deposit a cash bail of Sh 3 million to secure her release pending the hearing and determination of the case.