Former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner Davis Nathan Chelogoi has been found guilty of six offences linked to an attempt to fraudulently acquire a 7.39-hectare parcel of land in Lower Kabete, Nairobi, valued at KSh1.35 billion.

Milimani Chief Magistrate Dolphina Alego convicted Chelogoi over dealings involving land parcel Nairobi/Block/80/44, which belongs to businessmen Ashok Rupshi Shah and Hitenkumar Amritlal Raja.

The court sentenced him to two years in prison for conspiracy to defraud, two years for forcible detainer, three years for each of two counts of forgery, three years for uttering a forged document and one year for procuring registration of land by false pretences.

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The magistrate directed that all six sentences run concurrently.

In its judgment, the court found that Chelogoi forged a letter of allotment dated January 31, 1995, which purported to have been issued by the Commissioner of Lands to support his claim to the property.

The court also established that on October 11, 2023, at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters along Kiambu Road, Chelogoi knowingly presented documents alleged to be forged.

They included the purported letter of allotment and a certificate bearing a forged signature and stamp impression attributed to land registrar Paul Achieng Pesa.

The documents were presented as genuine records to support his claim of ownership and dealings in the disputed property.

In a further order, Magistrate Alego directed the Land Registrar to cancel any parallel title or registration issued in respect of the property.

The court affirmed that the land belongs to Shah and Raja.

The prosecution called 19 witnesses and presented documentary and expert evidence in support of the six charges against Chelogoi.

The case was prosecuted by Sonia Njoki, Hillary Isiaho and James Murage on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The ruling marks the conclusion of the criminal proceedings described in the supplied report, alongside the court's directions concerning the disputed property.