The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered public land valued at Ksh40 million in Kakamega County, including three government houses, following a court agreement that paved the way for the property to be returned to the State.
EACC confirmed on Tuesday, October 27, that the property, measuring approximately 1.05 acres, is located in the Milimani area of Kakamega Town, next to the Kakamega State Lodge.
According to the commission, the land belongs to the State Department for Housing and Urban Development but had been allocated to a private individual despite being reserved for government housing.
The recovery follows a consent agreement adopted by Environment and Land Court Justice Annet Nyukuri on September 22, in which the registered owner agreed to surrender his interest in the property.
EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud during a high-level strategic meeting between the leadership of the commission and ODPP on July 14, 2026, at the KSG.
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Under the agreement, the court also directed the Chief Land Registrar to rectify the land register by cancelling entries relating to the lease issued to the individual, effectively paving the way for the government to reclaim ownership.
“The Commission is pursuing the cancellation of the unlawfully acquired title and the transfer and registration of the property in favour of the Government,” EACC stated.
The commission explained that investigations established that the land had already been reserved and developed for government housing before it was allocated to a private individual through a letter of allotment issued on December 10, 1992.
Despite the property's public status, a lease was subsequently registered in the individual's name on June 4, 1993, although the three houses continued to serve as government residences and remained listed in the Government Building Register.
The latest recovery comes days after EACC secured another public property in Kikuyu, Kiambu County, where the Environment and Land Court ruled that a 2.7-acre playground belonging to three primary schools had been irregularly allocated to a church.
In a judgment delivered on October 5, the court found that the land was reserved for more than 1,300 pupils from Kanyiha, Lusigetti and Njumbi Primary Schools for learning, sports and recreation, and could not legally be transferred to private ownership.
Earlier in October, EACC also recovered public land worth Ksh51 million in Nyali, Mombasa County, belonging to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), following an agreement reached on September 21 that ended a 17-year court dispute.
The 0.514-acre property had been irregularly allocated in 2000 before changing ownership, prompting EACC to institute recovery proceedings in 2009. The registered owner eventually agreed to surrender the land through an alternative dispute resolution settlement.
The 2.7 Acre land in question recovered by EACC in Kikuyu, Kiambu County.
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