{UAH} Two in Moi land case arrested

Two businessmen who sued retired President Moi for allegedly grabbing their land were arrested Wednesday.

Mr George Kuria Mwaura and Mr Simon Kiprono Laboso were arrested immediately the court adjourned the hearing of the case in which they have sued Mr Moi for allegedly transferring the 16-acre piece to a private company.

The four officers followed the two to Lady Justice Pauline Nyamweya's court and stationed themselves outside the entrance. 

They pounced on them when they came out of the court.

It was not clear why the two were arrested, but their lawyer William Arusei claimed that it was part of a scheme to scare them off the case.

"The businessmen have never been subjected to any form of investigations, and if there were questions of fraud in relation to the land title, then the police should follow the proper way. This is an act of intimidation so that we lose the case even before it begins," Mr Arusei said.

State counsel Anguyo said that he was not aware of any prosecution against the businessmen, but only a letter from the Director of Public Prosecutions alleging some fraud in the way the businessmen acquired the land title.

Judge Nyamweya declined to stop the arrests, telling Mr Arusei to follow the right procedure to stop it.

"If you have any basis as to why they should not be arrested, then there is the right court to make the application," the judge said.

Mr Mwaura pleaded with the officers not arrest him, saying, he was just a friend of the businessmen and not the complainant.

The two were briefly held at the basement cells of the Milimani Law Courts and then whisked away in a private car. The hearing is on November 4.

The four businessmen, Mohammed Koriow Nur, Simon Kiprono Laboso, Macdonald Lijoodi Maraka and Noor Mohamed Hassan sued Mr Moi in May over allegations of illegally transferring 16 acres near City Cabanas in Nairobi to Tulip Properties Limited.

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