A man has been charged with two counts of fraud involving a Sh25 million parcel of land in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area.
Abdul Hassan Tahalil appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina, where he was accused of forging a land document with intent to defraud Mary Wairimu.
The charge sheet states that the alleged offence occurred on or around August 10, 2022, and involved a parcel of land in Eastleigh valued at Sh25 million.
“At an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, jointly with others not before court, with intent to defraud Mary Wairimu, you forged a document of land, namely an indenture, purporting it to be genuine and valid,” the charge sheet read.
Tahalil also faces a second count of uttering a false document contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code.
“On November 30, 2022, at the Environment and Land Court, Milimani in Nairobi, knowingly and fraudulently uttered a certain forged document, namely an indenture for parcel of land purporting it to be genuine.”
He denied the charges and was released on a Sh1 million bond or an alternative cash bail of Sh500,000.
Earlier, Tahalil had challenged the charge sheet and raised objections to the plea-taking process. The court dismissed the objections and directed that he take plea.
Wairimu, the complainant, told investigators that she purchased the property in Section One along Eastleigh’s 4th Street in December 1966 for Sh56,000.
She said she has recently faced persistent attempts by individuals she described as fraudsters seeking to dispossess her of the land.
Tahalil was arrested on Thursday by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Land Fraud Investigations Unit.
The case will be mentioned on May 6 for pre-trial directions.
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