The septuagenarian, Hannah Ng’endo, who is facing three counts of forging and uttering false documents in a land case at the Kiambu Law Courts in the dock with her grand daughter.

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Children want their 78-year-old mum jailed in land sale row

KNAJul 28, 20182 Mins read1.5k

An elderly woman in her late 70s braved a torturous court process in Kiambu where her three children have reneged on an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in a case in which she is charged with selling land wit**ut involving her children.

Hannah Ngendo,78, accompan*** by her granddaughter w** also acted as her interpreter, disowned a do***ent purported to have been written and delivered by her to the lands office in Kiambu. The *********** is purported to have been signed by a former magistrate at Kiambu Law Courts, Mr Simon Arome, and cons***utes one of the counts facing her.

Prior to the court session where the investigating officer Joseph Keter testif***, Kiambu Senior Principal Magistrate, Ms Stella Atambo, advised the parties to settle the matter out of court and preserve their mother’s dignity.

The son, aged 37 years, repeat***y told the court that the mother s**uld be jailed for having sold her land wit**ut the consent from the family. The two daughters appeared to support him even after the magistrate said she could be sentenced to seven years im******ment for the offence before her. The sisters are aged 39 and 41 and are both marr***.

Rossana, Daniel and Ruth, w** have taken their mother to court for selling her land wit**ut involving them. Mrs Ng’endo faces seven years in jail if she is found ****** of uttering a *****ulent *********** removing a caution on land. P**TO: KNA

Ms. Atambo asked them if they were mothers and they repl*** in the affirmative. She then told them: “Go and think about this scenario of your mother standing in the dock because she sold her property because inheritance is not a right. When your parents educated you, they were giving you your mother’s inheritance.”

*****ulent do***ent

Mrs Ng’endo is charged that on July 11, 2013, she made a certain *********** for removal of caution on land parcel No. KIAMBAA/THIMBIGIA 3366 purporting it to be genuine; issued by chief magistrate’s court in Kiambu.She is also accused of uttering a *****ulent do***ent removing a caution on the said land parcel. Ngendo, w** took plea on March 6th 2017, is out on a surety bond of Ksh100,000.

On Friday, the investigating officer testif*** in court as the *********** wrap*** up its case against the accused. Keter told court that prior to the accused’s attempt to sell the land, the entire family had appeared before the Environment and Land committee (ELC) where they appended their signatures to the land sale do***ents after which it was sold in the open with their consent wit**ut any coercion.

He, **wever, said that subsequently the family broke ranks leading to the charges against the granny. The case w*** further be mentioned on September 7. (Story by Lydia Shiroya / KNA)