The Environment and Lands Court have extended the stay on the transfer of property worth Ksh 1.5 billion shillings that deputy president Rigathi Gachagua claims ownership of.
Justice Oguttu Mboya extended the orders until October 13, 2022, when the application will be heard.
Gachagua, through his lawyer Philip Nyachoti, claims that the former Director of Physical Planning, John Michael Ohas, tampered with land office records in order to deprive him of his property.
He claims that the property has been charged to Equity Bank as collateral for various financial facilities granted to him totalling Sh200 million.
During today’s hearing, the judge jokingly asked the deputy president’s lawyer, Phillip Nyachoti, whether he now enjoys immunity. In his response, Nyachoti stated that he will investigate the matter further.
The judge then proceeded with the joke, advising the lawyer to change the title from Hon to HE.
“You know that Africans are obsessed with titles maybe you change the titles of your client from Hon. to He,” the judge said.
