POWERFUL FORCES BEHIND FRANCIS MBURU’S TRIBULATIONS Part 1

 Who are the complainants in all this? Has Mr. Mburu swindled the public? The answers to these questions are in the negative, there is no complainant, and Mr. Mburu has rightfully been compensated for his land that was acquired by the State on a compulsory basis.

Businessman Francis Mungai Mburu

Forget the side shows playing out in the open and the multiple investigations being carried out by a host of government agencies about the compensations made to Afrison Import and Export Limited and Hueland Limited, companies closely linked to billionaire businessman Francis Mungai Mburi. Who are the complainants in all this? Has Mr. Mburu swindled the public? The answers to these questions are in the negative, there is no complainant, and Mr. Mruru has rightfully been compensated for his land that was acquired by the State on a compulsory basis.
The real battle is however domiciled right at the doors of powerful government officials, bureaucrats, businessmen and an amorphous group christened DRIVE IN SELF HELP GROUP, The Weekly Vision can authoritatively reveal.

Drive In Self Help Group was  founded in late nineties and is led  by Lee Muchiri , a political activist who unsuccessfully contested the Roysambu parliamentary seat in the last election, Geoffrey Majiwa , Former  Nairobi Mayor , current  Lucky Summer Ward MCA ,  a top State House official who was hired from the private sector,  Roysambu member of parliament  Isaack Wihenya Ndirangu  , Wife of a prominent national politician , Former nominated senator Elizabeth Ongoro and senior Government officials in the military, police and national intelligence .This are the men and women frustrating the rightful owner of the land. The group has been fleecing some of their members by purporting to be paying annual land rates to the County government of Nairobi. LR NO 7879/4 is a freehold and not on a 99 year old lease. You do not pay rates on freehold land.

              

Google Maps shows part of the land.

The group ganged up, grabbed and subdivided part of  LR.NO 7879/4 and illegally allocated themselves and a host of other individuals and institutions part of Mr. Mburu’s land. The area is presently known as Ruaraka Estate.  Records at the Survey of Kenya and the Lands Ministry clearly indicate that the land is registered in the name Afrison Import and Export Limited and Huelands ltd.
 In 2011 the then Ikolomani Member of Parliament Boni Khalwale tabled names of senior government officials and businessmen   who had illegally been allocated Mr. Mburus land. Mr. Khalawale was contributing to a motion in support of a report of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security then chaired by Mount Elgon Member of parliament Fred Kapondi.
The committee recommended investigations be carried out to ascertain whether the allotments to the private developers was as a result of fraud. Several officials of Drive In Self Help Group have in the past been questioned over those allocations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
The groups’ officials’ main fear is that the rightful land owner (Mr. Mburu) may soon move in and demolish the illegally constructed structures, a situation that may land them in court as the owners of the structures were shown fake ownership papers by the cartel.
 The structures include Naivas Supermarket Ruaraka, Several ATMS owned by leading banks, Church structures including one owned by controversial Pastor John Nduati.
Others are The Lexx Place , Ruaraka Fast Food , Kwetu Bar, Sirezz Pub and Restaurant , Delight Butchery, Drive in Medical Center, Rahma Pharmacy , Mayash Communication s , Oil Libya Petrol station ( sold to the owners by a wife of a prominent politician), Cooperative Bank, Enbert Fish and Chips, Stanbic  bank , Ruaraka Constituency Office among g others.
This explains the ongoing investigations against Mr. Mburu by  both at the National Assembly and the Senate together with the EACC over the 3.5 billion compensation paid to companies belonging to him.
Francis Mburu bought the 96 Acres of land in 1981 from the late Njenga  Karume , The late Arthur Magugu  and  Duncan Ndegwa.
 Since then the   investor has known no peace due to inept government officials, Bureaucrats and negative politics for the last 36 years.
The prime parcel of land is located at the junction of Outer Ring road and Thika Superhighway and is registered in the Name of Afrison Import and Export Limited a fact that has not been contested by government t or any independent t petitioner.

After acquiring the land, Mr. Mburu embarked on building 600 units for staff of the defunct KPTC then one of the most thriving state bodies. He moved to Continental Credit bank for financing. But the bank went into head winds following a crackdown on low tier indigenous banks after the 19982 coup. The bank was owned by a Mr. Wahome who was viewed by the Moi regime to be sympathetic to the 1982 coup plotters, Wahome died in December 2014.
Drive in Estate Development started in 1985 with financing from Continental credit bank at the time Moi was consolidating his powerbase. In 1986 as the project was ongoing, Continental bank was ordered out of Central Banks Clearing house and its Director Wahome arrested and in interrogated by the CID. The state also ordered Government institutions to withdraw their deposits leading to a run in of mostly indigenous owned Banks.
Following a petition by NSSF and NBK over failure by the bank to pay Ksh . 75 million and accrued interest Ksh. 22 839 720 the bank was placed under receivership.  Mr. Mburus project could not proceed. Mburu found himself in this quagmire as the bank couldn’t sustain the project.
 KPTC who were the beneficiaries of the project agreed to advance Mr.  Mburu the developer some credit to complete the project which was a half way. But in a twist of events KPTC in 1988 found itself in financial dire in what has now known as a result of massive looting of the then most profitable parastatal, had to withdraw from the project.
KPTC sold its remaining interest to the Government. By this time 168 units had already been completed. Due to the project’s proximity to security installations such as GSU headquarters, C BK’s  School of Monetary Studies and the then proposed cash printing firm Thomas  Dela Rue the Government of Kenya decided to buy the properties to house some of its growing staff members..
The government after paying Ksh. 64Million to KPTC took over the 168 Maisonettes and handed them over to the GSU. The units occupied an area of 17.8 acres.