The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered public land valued at Sh104 million in the coastal city of Mombasa.
The parcel of land known as MN/VI/3748, measuring 1.73 acres and belonging to the Kenya Airport Authority (KAA), was grabbed by Agil Mahmud, the then Provincial Physical Planner for Coast Province.
In a judgment delivered on July, 23 2025, Justice Stephen Kibunja of the Environment and Land Court, Mombasa, held that the land parcel number MN/VI/3748, having been reserved for public purpose, to wit Port Reitz Airport, later renamed Moi International Airport in 1961, was not available for allocation to private persons.
In cancelling the certificate of title currently held by Academy Properties Limited, the court stated that since the initial allocation to Agil Mahmud was illegal and irregular, therefore, any subsequent transfers to third parties were null and void.
An investigation by EACC, formerly the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), revealed that land parcel MN/VI/3748 was part of L.R MN/VI/3888, which measures 538.76 acres and was reserved for Port Reitz Airport, now known as Moi International Airport under the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA).
During the survey report preparation for L.R MN/VI/3888, a portion of the land was irregularly hived off and subdivided into various plots covering approximately 1.73 acres.
