EACC seeks to recover Sh790 million Prisons land in Kisumu

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is seeking to recover 7.6 acres of public land in Milimani, Kisumu City, valued at approximately Sh790 million, which was grabbed from the Kenya Prisons Service and converted into private ownership through fraudulent and irregular processes. The disputed property, whose value is estimated at Sh4.3 billion including developments, forms part of an original 16-acre parcel that had been reserved for the Kenya Prisons Service for staff housing and regional offices. The Commission says it has filed nine asset recovery suits before the Environment and Land Court in Kisumu, targeting parcels within the disputed 7.6-acre portion, seeking cancellation of all resulting titles, declarations that the transactions were illegal, fraudulent, and null and void, and restoration of the land to the Kenya Prisons Service.