NAIROBI, Kenya- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered 1.05 acres of public land and three government houses valued at about Sh40 million in Milimani, Kakamega Town, after a court adopted a consent for the property’s surrender to the Government.
The property, known as Kakamega Municipality Block III/212, belongs to the State Department for Housing and Urban Development and is next to Kakamega State Lodge.
Under the consent adopted by the Environment and Land Court on September 22, 2026, Macdonald Lijoodi Makaka relinquished his rights and interest in the land.
The court also directed the Chief Land Registrar to cancel the register entries relating to a lease issued to him.
The decree, issued in ELC Case No. E009 of 2024, states that the lease term is to be extinguished and the land surrendered to the State. Each party was ordered to bear its own legal costs.
Government houses remained on the land
EACC said investigations established that the land had been reserved and developed for government housing and was not available for private allocation.
Despite the reservation, a letter of allotment was issued to Makaka on December 10, 1992, followed by registration of a lease in his favour on June 4, 1993.
The property continued to serve as government housing.
The three houses are listed in the Government Building Register as KAKA/HOU/MG/33, KAKA/HOU/MG/34 and KAKA/HOU/T/HG/4.
The Commission filed recovery proceedings against Makaka and Wilson Gacanja, the then Commissioner of Lands, challenging the allocation and registration of the property.
The consent resolves the claim through Makaka’s surrender of his interest and the court’s direction to rectify the land register.
EACC said the cancellation of the lease entries and transfer of the property to the Government would restore its legal interest and protect the land for continued public use.
The Commission urged prospective land buyers to conduct due diligence before completing a purchase.
It advised them to verify a property’s title history and establish whether the land has been reserved for public purposes.
The Kakamega recovery adds to EACC’s efforts to reclaim public land and assets through court proceedings.
The Commission says it is committed to recovering property acquired through corruption or other unlawful means and returning it for public benefit.
