NAIROBI, Kenya, July 24 – Drumvale Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd (DFCSL) has appealed to Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to take swift action against persistent threats and attacks targeting its staff and property, which it links to a protracted land dispute.
In a letter through James Oketch & Company Advocates, the society claims the threats have intensified since it won a court battle overturning a 12-year liquidation process, which they say was marred by fraud and non-disclosure of asset sales.
The advocates allege that the society, which owns 16,000 acres across Nairobi, Mavoko, and Athi River, was wrongfully liquidated in 2009 under Peter Wanjohi, leading to the unlawful sale and transfer of land without member consent.
“In 2016, our client filed Co-operative Societies Tribunal Case No. 720 of 2016. The Tribunal issued restraining orders barring the liquidator from selling or transferring any assets. These orders were never obeyed,” the letter states.
DFCSL says the actors behind the liquidation have defied a 2022 court reinstatement and are linked to a spate of violent incidents, including repeated attacks by a group identified as “Mungiki Reloaded,” particularly at the society’s Kamulu offices.
The lawyers accuse certain officers at Ruai Police Station of shielding suspects. “On January 13, 2025, a group returned threatening to kill staff. They were ferried in a matatu linked to a goon allegedly protected by police. Of 10 arrested, only two recorded statements,” the letter adds.
The society is demanding an immediate investigation into the threats and for action to be taken against illegal occupants of Nairobi Block 118/1544 — land it says was fraudulently allocated during the liquidation period. It also wants rogue officers facilitating the attacks and blackmail prosecuted.
