Following the Rongai-Ngong Standard Gauge Railway construction project, in December 2018 the Kenya Raiways Corporation released ksh 10.2 billion to National Land commission to carry out compensation of the phase 2a section.
NLC said it had paid out sh 4 billion by last week while 6 billion is pending.The money was supposed to compensate persons along the Rongai–Ngong line, Ngong Mai–Mahiu line including the Mai Mahiu station, as well as Mai Mahiu to Suswa.
However, NLC says it has only compensated the Rongai Section, while areas particularly Ngong Station, Mai Mahiu and Suswa are yet to present their claim documents.
Giving diassapointing delay message to claimers,the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji Wednesday established a team to scrutinize the claims and give the way forward.Meaning those anticipating to be paid the money will wait longer before the funds arrive in their bank accounts.
He said they are investigating some of the compensation cases, affecting those who have already been paid for the SGR land and those who are yet to be paid.
This is as some officials at NLC are accused of colluding with land cartels to inflate the land value and in the long run fleecing the tax payers.
The investigating team is drawn from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Directorate of Criminal Investigations, National Land Commission and Kenya Railways.