Waiguru fights for Sh200m posh Kitisuru house
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is at risk of losing her Sh200 million Kitisuru home in Nairobi as the transaction for the purchase of the property has run into fresh legal complications.
She bought the house, situated at Waridi Gardens, from Kihingo Village Limited in September 2015 at a price of Sh80.6 million and paid Sh40.6 million leaving a balance of Sh40 million.
At the time she purchased the house, it had been allocated to lawyer Chris Kabiro, who is now claiming ownership and wants the governor to be kept out of “his property”.
In documents filed in court by lawyer Titus Koceyo for Mr Kabiro, at the time Ms Waiguru purchased the house on September 25, 2015, there was a court order barring Kihingo from selling, alienating, transferring, charging, or tampering with the property.
The order was issued by Justice Erick Ogola on December 5, 2012, following a suit Mr Kabiro lodged against Kihingo. The order was confirmed on December 5, 2013.
According to Mr Kabiro, the house was not available for sale or alienation to Ms Waiguru and he wants the court to dismiss a case she filed seeking to compel Kihingo to complete the sale transaction.
Kihingo, on its part, says that completing the transaction would amount to contempt of the court order forbidding the sale of the suit property.
“Ms Waiguru’s action as filed discloses no reasonable cause of action against Kihingo. Ms Waiguru is a victim of an illegal transaction but a court of law cannot give cover to such victims of illegal transactions,” says Mr Kibiro, who is an interested party to Ms Waiguru’s suit.
He adds that the initial court orders restraining the sale of the house were known to Ms Waiguru.
Currently, the house is said to be worth over Sh200 million. It is part of the 55 houses developed by Kihingo on the 37-acre piece of land.
Through lawyer Koceyo, Mr Kabiro wants the court to strike out Ms Waiguru’s suit on grounds that it is against public policy as it is “tainted with illegality”.
