A mother and daughter have been apprehended over an alleged scheme to secretly transfer family land worth approximately Ksh 40 million to themselves.
In a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the authority confirmed that the pair, based in Karatina, are accused of fraudulently moving valuable family property into their own names and those of linked companies.
According to the DCI, detectives from the Land Fraud Investigation Unit launched investigations after a family member reported the matter on behalf of his siblings.
“Detectives from the Land Fraud Investigation Unit (LFIU) have apprehended a mother and her daughter who stand accused of orchestrating a multi-million-shilling land fraud scheme involving family property,β DCI stated.
The two suspects had deliberately kept other relatives in the dark while executing the questionable land transactions.
Additionally, investigators established that the transfers took place between 2020 and 2023, spanning a period of nearly four years.
During that time, the suspects allegedly moved the family’s parcels secretly without informing or involving the rest of the household.
In addition, detectives say the transactions were carried out quietly, raising fresh questions about how such deals slipped past other family members.
βThe investigation was prompted by a complaint lodged by a family member acting on behalf of his siblings, alleging that the two suspects had deceitfully transferred valuable parcels of family land in Karatina, estimated at approximately Sh40 million, into their own names and those of associated companies,β the authority added.
Once the probe wrapped up, DCI confirmed the case file landed on the desk of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) for review.
