Ex-Nairobi PC Chelogoi jailed for three years over KSh 1.35 billion land fraud
A Milimani court on Monday sentenced former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi, 76, to three years in prison. He was convicted on five counts over the fraudulent acquisition of land in Nairobi.
Former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi has been jailed for three years for defrauding a landowner. Magistrate Dolphina Alego handed down the sentence at Milimani on Monday, the Daily Nation reported. Chelogoi was a senior provincial administration official under President Daniel arap Moi. According to Pulse Live Kenya, he was convicted last week on five criminal counts. The case concerned a prime 7.39-hectare parcel in Lower Kabete, which Pulse valued at KSh 1.3 billion. The Nation and The Eastleigh Voice put the figure at KSh 1.35 billion. The Nation described the land as an 18-acre parcel in Loresho. Pulse reported that business partners Ashok Rupshi Shah and Hitenkumar Amritlal Raja claimed the land. They told the court they bought it from Liney Company Limited for KSh 33 million in January 2007. The Environment and Land Court upheld their ownership in 2022, and the Court of Appeal later affirmed that decision. In his defence, Chelogoi said Moi allocated him the land in January 1995 for KSh 2.48 million. He said his demanding public service duties delayed the paperwork. A title deed was finally issued on June 4, 2021. The magistrate found that he had not produced enough documents to prove the…
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