Why Njiru land doesn't belong to Kirima, his family - Babu Owino - video Dailymotion

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Embakasi East MP Babu Owino now says the controversial Njiru farm does not belong to former Starehe MP Gerishon Kirima or his family. https://bit.ly/3Q9Mh93

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00:00 Thank you very much, members of the press.

00:04 I'm Babu Owino, member of Parliament in Barkasi East constituency.

00:09 I'm here to talk about

00:13 the purported

00:16 Kirimas land at Mihango and Njiru in Barkasi East constituency and the

00:24 judgment that was issued

00:29 by the Environmental and Land Court just recently. And I'm here with new

00:36 development which is a sigh of relief

00:42 to my constituents. I want to give assurance to the

00:45 Mbakasi East residents and Kasarani residents, the Kasarani constituency

00:51 residents, that there is light after the tunnel.

00:58 That number one, the said land in question

01:04 with an original LR number 5908 stroke 8

01:13 stroke 1, the original LR number

01:18 5908 stroke 5 stroke 3.

01:24 That this said parcel of land does not belong to Kirima

01:32 neither does it belong to Kirima's family.

01:38 I've gone further as a member of Parliament, used my resources,

01:43 I've done my investigation and today I'm here with the relevant documents

01:53 showing the original owner of the said parcel of land

02:00 and we've gone further to bring this person

02:05 all the way from Italy. As we speak, he is in Kenya

02:13 and we are going to court to claim this land.

02:18 The said parcel of land does not belong to Kirima

02:22 for the following reasons. Number one, proof of ownership of land

02:30 is by having a title deed or rather producing a title deed before a

02:37 competent court of law. The document that I have here

02:43 is a document that was drawn in 1966. This document

02:51 is called an indenture. An indenture in those days, 1966, there

02:58 was no title deed and what was being issued by the

03:02 government is this document called an indenture.

03:06 We have the original copy of this that shows that this said parcel of

03:12 land was sold to Mr. Domenico

03:17 Di Masi, an Italian, and he bought it from Mr. Soeklal

03:26 Madoram. As you can see this document,

03:37 the said parcel of land in question, the original LR number

03:42 was 5908/5/3. The current LR number is 5908/8

03:51 and that is what was being contested in court. I want to explain to members

03:57 of the public that if this

04:03 land, parcel of land, if at all it belongs to Kirima's family,

04:09 then number one, Kirima's family must produce the original

04:16 title deed which is in our possession as we speak

04:19 and that is why we are going to court for that matter.

04:23 He must produce completion documents. Apart from the title deal,

04:31 he must produce other completion documents

04:35 like number one, the ID copy of the person who sold in the land,

04:40 number two, passport sized photographs, number three, rent clearance

04:47 certificate, rates clearance certificate,

04:52 the transfer form must be produced before a competent

04:57 court of law. We must have proof of payment because if this parcel of land

05:04 was sold to Kirima, then there must be proof of payment.

05:08 Without all this, then all the claims are hot air.

05:15 I want to clearly state that the new owner, the original owner

05:22 of this parcel of land is now in Kenya. We are moving to court

05:28 and why did the court make a judgment in favor of Kirima's

05:34 family? It is because it is a few residents

05:38 who went to court having been threatened that they will be evicted from the same

05:43 parcels of land, petitioned. So it was

05:49 their duty because he who alleges must prove.

05:52 It was their duty to prove their case.

05:58 But since they didn't have the original title deeds,

06:01 they could not prove their case. So in this situation,

06:06 it will be our role to prove that this parcel

06:09 of land or rather the parcel of land, the thousand acres

06:13 belong to Mr. Dominica Di Masi, who is now since deceased.

06:21 The son is still alive. He brought the son all the way from Italy.

06:25 He's here. He's the heir apparent and we have some documents here from the

06:31 High Court of Kenya, Certificate of Confirmation of Grant.

06:36 And I will shortly read it. I hereby certify that above

06:40 written grant of representation to the estate of the late Dominica Di Masi

06:45 issued to Bernardo Vincenzo Di Masi, herein named

06:52 at this 31st January 2011, being confirmed by the court,

06:58 pursuant to the provisions of section 71 of the Laws

07:01 of Succession Act,

07:04 dated at Nairobi this 31st January 2011.

07:10 This is a document from the High Court

07:15 that clearly shows it is a Certificate of Confirmation of Grant.

07:21 So therefore, very soon we are going to

07:25 call Kirima's family to court to answer, to produce relevant documents.

07:32 This is an original map that shows

07:39 this parcel of land and if you can see here, if you can just zoom here,

07:44 members of the press, from here coming this way, this is the

07:50 contested parcel of land or the land in question,

07:54 this straight one.

07:59 So we've done our homework. My people, I can assure you that I will

08:04 fight for you. I will fight for you. You are not going

08:08 to lose this. We are going to win this battle because

08:12 it is not a war. It is a small thing. It is a storm in a cup of tea.

08:16 We are going to win it very soon. Thank you.

08:20 At least, mwende mkule Christmas vizuri, msive na wasiwasi,

08:24 dokuments zote zi ko apa, mimi ni kona nyiny.

08:27 Iyi si mambo ya mavoko ile enye tu aleta tu puzi apa na pale,

08:31 iya tu ta wachiliya, iyi tu ta pigana vibaya sana, na kuta ko na mchezo

08:35 and that is why you elected me. To represent you, not to misrepresent you

08:40 and that is my sole responsibility.

08:44 Thank you.

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Why Njiru land doesn't belong to Kirima, his family - Babu Owino

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