The duo were to be sentenced on Thursday February 6, 2025, however Senior Resident Magistrate Priacah Nyotah ruled that she will deliver the sentence on February 11, as she has to go through the Pre-sentence report.
They will remain in custody until February 11, 2025 when the sentencing will be made.
Earlier on in a ruling delivered on Thursday January 30, 2025 by Senior Resident Magistrate Priscah Nyotah, the court found Kimutai and Kipngeno guilty of forging family agreement on October 12, 2010, which allegedly transferred the 6.6-hectare land into their names.
The Senior Resident Magistrate added that the two were guilty of forging the land title deed on November 14, 2012, with the intent to defraud Josiah Njoroge, the legitimate owner of the land.
The ruling also indicated that the duo had forged a green card for the land on November 14, 2012, falsely claiming it had been opened on June 7, 1990.
“The prosecution’s evidence, in its totality, was consistent, logical, and believable, and it was not shaken nor watered down by the defence,” ruled Nyotah.
According to Nyotah, the duo had failed to prove to the court how they acquired the land from their father, Chepchilat Rotich, after his death, without a grant of letters of administration.
The court cancelled their bond.
It should be noted that Kimutai and Kipngeno were arrested on July 12, 2017, and charged.
They however, denied six charges of forging and uttering false documents to authorities, for the land that now stands at worth Sh30 million, with intent to defraud Njuguna.
The case that has taken over 7 years saw several witnesses testify among them Inspector Stephen Agutu, who revealed that after investigations, it was established that Njoroge’s title deed issued on December 5, 1997, was genuine.
On the other hand, he insisted that the title obtained by Kimutai and Kipngeno on November 14, 2012, signed by then Land registrar Nyantika, was a forgery.
