It is now official that the family of Dennis Ngaruiya has lost the house that was built allegedly from the order of president Uhuru Kenyatta.
The house was handed to a “deserving” person at a ceremony on Sunday.
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Chimwaga Mongo handed over the house to one Mr Macharia Gachie, 58, as Ms Kamau rejected it saying it was substandard.
“We tried in vain to convince Ms Kamau and her son to accept the house so we decided to hand it over to a deserving Kenyan,” he said.
Mr Mongo said the new beneficiary was selected as he has six children, three of whom are physically disabled.
“We had three names from which Mr Gachie’s was picked. We were ordered from above to hand over the house officially and end this stalemate,” he said.
Mr Mongo said the house was built by well-wishers whom he declined to name.
“This plot was bought at Sh650,000 by a well-wisher who paid in four installments to the original land owner after subdividing it into several plots,” he said.
“The total cost of the house and plot was nearly Sh1million.”
He also declined to name the original owner of the land and to state whether a certificate of occupancy was obtained as required by law.
However, Mr Mongo said the land had no title as the owner was yet to transfer the subdivided plot to the new owner.
“We were waiting for the new owner to occupy the house to start the process of issuing the title deed,” he said.