Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has ‘named’ Wiper party leader and former vice-president Kalonzo Musyoka as part of a land-grabbing syndicate.
The Governor further alleged that Kalonzo was heavily paid to be Raila Odinga’s running mate in the 2013 general elections.
Mutua made the claims when appearing before a senate committee chaired by Kisumu senator Anyang’ Nyong’o.
He added that Mavoko MP Patrick Makau, a sitting senator whom he did not name, and Ministry of lands officials, should be investigated for the illegal land transactions in the county.
The governor said that Mr Musyoka irregularly influenced the allocation of three pieces of land to himself when he served as the country’s vice president.
The matter came up after a special audit revealed that an undetermined number of land parcels and buildings belonging to the County valued at Sh961 million did not have title deeds and were prone to grabbing or encroachment.
Dr Mutua tabled a letter by Ndegwa and Ndegwa Associates to the anti-graft agency, the National Land Commission and the commission on administrative justice that is also copied to the governor and reads: “Using his position as vice president, he illegally and irregularly influenced the allocation to himself and through proxies of the following parcels of land in complete disregard on the conduct of public officers.”
“LR. No. 22278 and IR 130409 in Mavoko Municipality, Machakos in the name of Desiral Ltd a company believed to be registered in his name and that of his wife, Mrs Pauline Kalonzo.
“LR. No. 201185 IR No. 67338, a parcel of 4,000 ha in Mavoko municipality…”
The documents that require the Wiper leader to account for his source of wealth indicate that the source of approximately Sh200 million used to buy a Eurocopter B3, registration number 5Y DKK, is suspicious.
