- Farzana Nur faced three charges before Senior Resident Magistrate Gladys Olimo in Mombasa over an alleged KSh 100 million land fraud
- The accused allegedly registered two parcels of land belonging to Susan Wanjiru Kangethe in the names of her own relatives
- The court set a bond of KSh 1 million with a surety of the same amount after Farzana pleaded not guilty to all three counts
A Mombasa court has arraigned a woman on three counts linked to the alleged fraudulent acquisition of two land parcels valued at KSh 100 million belonging to another woman.
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Farzana Nur appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Gladys Olimo to answer charges touching on property registered at the Mombasa Land Registry and situated in Shelly Beach, Likoni.
Charges against Farzana Nur
On the first count, Farzana faces a charge of conspiracy to defraud under Section 317 of the Penal Code, allegedly acting in concert with others who were not before the court. The conspiracy is said to have unfolded on various dates between July 12, 2006, and October 20, 2026, within the Coast Region, targeting land parcels LR. Mombasa/MS/Block 1/1944 and Mombasa/MS/Block I/1945, which are registered in the name of Susan Wanjiru Kangethe.
The court heard that Farzana allegedly had the parcels registered under the names of her relatives, Jamshed Ahmed and Fahmeda Begum, a fact she is said to have known to be false.
The second count relates to obtaining land registration by false pretences, contrary to Section 320 of the Penal Code. Farzana is accused of inserting Title Lease No. Mombasa/MS/Block 1/416 into land records at the Mombasa Land Registry on July 12, 2006, with intent to deprive Wanjiru of her Likoni property.
On the third count of forcible entry, contrary to Section 90 of the Penal Code, she allegedly entered the Shelly Beach premises without the owner's authority on various dates between July 9, 2025, and October 20, 2026, with the intention of causing annoyance to the registered owner. Farzana denied all three charges.
Bond terms and next court date
Through her lawyer, Farzana applied for release on reasonable bond terms, citing her fixed residence within the court's jurisdiction.
Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Breda Ogada, who handled the prosecution, asked the court to impose terms commensurate with the gravity of the charges.
Magistrate Olimo ordered that Farzana be released on a bond of KSh 1 million with a surety of a similar amount. The court set November 12, 2026, as the date for the pre-trial conference.
Source: TUKO.co.ke