Deputy President William Ruto launches the NSSF Corporate Strategic Plan
at the KICC in Nairobi on September 25, 2014. The battle between the
National Social Security Fund and plot owners at Tassia Estate over a
Sh5 billion infrastructure project is back in court. PHOTO | DPPS
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The battle between the National Social Security Fund and plot
owners at Tassia Estate over a Sh5 billion infrastructure project is
back in court.
The plot owners are seeking fresh orders
to stop the pension scheme from demanding the extra cash a month after
Justice Weldon Korir gave NSSF the nod to pursue the money meant for
improving roads and other social amenities within the estate.
Through
lawyer George Kithi, the 5,500 land owners argued that NSSF had issued
an eviction notice to those who fail to pay the additional Sh920,000
without following due diligence.
BREACH OF RIGHTS
“The
threats to evict members of Tassia settlement scheme is a breach of
their rights to own property, given that NSSF has shown its intention to
demolish their houses for failure to pay the additional amount,” said
Mr Kithi.
He added that the owners had a legitimate
expectation that after buying the plots from NSSF, they would not be
evicted on the basis of payment for construction of a tarmac road and
other infrastructure.
NSSF, however, raised objections
claiming that the suit was an abuse of court process given the prayers
were the same as those dismissed by Justice Korir, who allowed NSSF to
increase the price of the land from Sh315,000 to Sh550,000 for a 33 by
66 feet plot and Sh800,000 to Sh1.2m for 50 by 100 feet plots.
The new application by the plot owners will be heard on November 18 by Judge Mumbi Ngugi
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