A private developer in Kisii will now go to court to challenge ownership of a piece of land after he was denied a title deed by two sons of the man who sold him the land on allegations that the father sold the land without following due process.
Speaking to Hivisasa.com on Sunday, Dickson Angasa said he had bought the land over 10 years ago but delayed to obtain a title deed because he had relocated to Tanzania for business reasons.
He said the sons of John Ndege from Nyabisiongororo had refused to surrender the title deed to the lands registry to authenticate land transfer.
“I had bought the land in 2004 but I wasn’t given the title deed since I hurriedly moved to Arusha for business. However, I had built a small house on the land to show that it belonged to someone,” Angasa said.
“Ever since I came last year, the two sons, Peter Ndege and Jackson Ndege, have refused to surrender their father’s title deed to the registry so that I can obtain the title deed,” he added.
He said that he had filed a civil case at Kisii law courts to have the issue ironed out so that he expeditiously gets justice.
However, the accused admitted the allegations but welcomed the move to file a legal suit so that their side of story is heard.
“We actually welcome his move to take us to court. We were never consulted by the father and by the way he has gone missing. They forged the signature of our late mother in their land transaction agreement and that is why we want justice,” said Peter Ndege.