The National Land Commission has denied reports of a meeting to decide the ownership of the land on which Weston Hotel in Nairobi County stands.
Communication Director Khalid Salim regretted on Friday that the media has carried “misleading stories”.
“The stories are causing unnecessary anxiety among all stakeholders. Their content is unfounded and not factual,” Mr Salim said, without going into details.
The commission noted that its last meeting on the matter, which involved all affected parties, took place in October.
The parties made their submissions, which he said were under review, the goal being to reach a conclusion before the expiry of the commissioners’ term in February 2019.
“Since then ,the commission has not had any sitting to deliberate on the matter. The findings will be released to individual parties and the general public when the review is completed.”
He asked the media to desist from publishing “misleading stories” and apologise for the “irresponsible acts”.
Weston Hotel’s directors include Deputy President William Ruto.
Controversy has surrounded the the establishment, reports indicating that rogue Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) officials may have colluded with those in the Lands ministry to give a private entity the land in Lang’ata on which it stands..
The authority is now fighting to repossess the property, which measures about two acres.
It says some of its staff facilitated its illegal transfer to third parties.
KCAA’s Legal Services Manager and Corporation Secretary, Mr Cyril Wanyong’o, told the NLC in November that the authority’s management and board never transferred the ownership of the land to any entity or individual.
Until 2002, the property hosted a store belonging to the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA).
At the time, Mr Ruto’s lawyer, Mr Ahmednasir Abdullahi, argued that his client had followed due process in acquiring the property.