Former MCA, friend fined Sh550,000 in Sh30m land fraud case
Rift Valley
By
Daniel Chege
| Feb 13, 2025
Former Kapkures MCA Paul Kimutai and his friend Richard Kipngeno will each pay a Sh550,000 fine after they were found guilty of fraud in a Sh30 million Mbarut land case.
Senior Resident Magistrate Priscah Nyotah ruled that Kimutai and Kipngeno will each pay a Sh150,000 fine in each of the three forgery and fraud counts they were found guilty of.
The two will each pay a fine of Sh100,000 for the fourth count, totalling Sh550,000.
Alternatively, the court ruled that they will serve a 12-month jail term for each of the four counts.
“I have considered the charge and the presentence report and concluded that a non-custodial sentence will also serve the objective of the sentencing,” ruled Nyotah.
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Nyotah said the two had the right to file an appeal if they were aggrieved by the sentencing and the judgement.
On January 30, Kimutai and Kipngeno were found guilty of four counts of fraud and forgery in relation to the Sh30 million land.
Nyotah ruled that the two forged a family agreement on October 12, 2010, which allegedly transferred the 6.6-hectare land to their name.
She ruled that the two were guilty of forging the land title deed on November 14, 2012, with intent to defraud Josiah Njoroge, the owner of the land.
“The title deed, coupled with illegal transmission process, can properly be described as a false document since it purports to confirm the accused persons as genuine owners yet they are not,” ruled Nyotah.
The court also ruled that the two forged a green card for the land on November 14, 2012, claiming it was opened on June 7, 1990.
The court also ruled that the two were found guilty of fraudulently obtaining the registration of the land in their names on September 14, 2022, with intent to defraud Njoroge.