Kambi disowns letter from ‘NSSF ex-boss’

A letter purportedly written by a former NSSF boss to beneficiaries of the controversial Tassia plots was at the centre of investigations of a House team on Wednesday.

Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi disowned the letter signed by former National Social Security Fund Managing Trustee Naftali Mogere, detailing the transfer of 5,500 plots to their buyers.

National Assembly’s Labour Committee chairman David Were said the letter dated July 26, 2005, was presented by occupants of the controversial land, who appeared before the team on Tuesday.

But Mr Kambi said the letter did not originate from NSSF and its contents could not be relied on to conclude that there was a breach of contract between people claiming ownership of the land and the fund.

FAKE PAPERS

“It is you as a committee who are accepting fake papers. Unless someone wrote this letter because it is not in our files. We have two different letters with different reference numbers on the same subject,” he said.

Approval of Sh5.053 billion for infrastructure upgrade in the estate through an e-mail, he said, was legal and no member of the board raised concerns over the same.

Mt Elgon MP John Serut questioned why the price per plot was changed without consulting the beneficiaries.

The price has shot up from Sh315,000 to Sh920,000 after Nairobi County leadership refused to endorse subdivision of the plots to enable buyers process individual title deeds before infrastructure development.

Mr Kambi said NSSF had informed the buyers that they would be required to pay additional money in the future to cater for other emerging expenses, given that the plots had not been serviced.

Cotu secretary-general Francis Atwoli raised the red flag over the manner in which the funds had been approved for the infrastructure project that was awarded to China Jiangxi International.