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From junior officer to multi-millionaire: How Lands official got Sh779m wealth

Thika Land Registrar Felix Mecha Nyakundi used his office Felix Mecha Nyakundi is said to have used his office to allocate settlement scheme plots to his wife and to build a portfolio of properties and bank deposits worth over Sh700 million. [EACC]

A man who joined the Ministry of Lands as a junior officer in 2006 is now a multi-millionaire, according to court papers.

A suit filed by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) claims Thika Land Registrar Felix Mecha Nyakundi used his office, particularly while stationed in Kilifi, to allocate settlement scheme plots to his wife and to build a portfolio of properties and bank deposits worth over Sh700 million.

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