Peter Gathii Reuben Denies Land Fraud Charges Involving Sh100M Parcel

Peter Gathii Reuben appeared before Magistrate Benmark and pleaded not guilty to charges of land fraud. He is accused of unlawfully procuring a land title registration for parcel number L.R 209/2389/19, valued at Sh100 million, at the Nairobi Lands Registry, Arthi House. The alleged offenses occurred between February 21, 2014, and June 23, 2022, in collaboration with others who are not before the court.

The land is said to belong to the late Bertha Wamina Mugo, by falsely pretended that he was the sole rightful proprietor of the said parcel of land, a fact he knew to be false.

He faced another count of conspiracy to defraud against the law. The accused was also charged with making a document without Authority against the law.

Gathii was accused that an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, with intent to deceive, without authority or excuse, made a document namely a letter of Allotment for a parcel of land Pangani, purporting it to be a genuine letter of allotment issued by the National Land Commission.

He was charged with Intermeddling with the property of a deceased person contrary to section 45 (1 ) of the Law of Succession Act.

Peter Gathii Reuben was charged that on October 22, 2015 within Nairobi, jointly with others not before court, without any grant of representation or written law, intermeddled with parcel of land, the property of the late Bertha Wamina Mugo valued at Sh 100,000 by making a false document namely letter of Allotment Pangani for the said land, purporting it to be a genuine letter of allotment issued by the Land Commission.

He was released on Cash Bail of Sh 3M or a bond of Sh 10M. The matter will be mentioned on October 3, 2024.