NSSF sued over Tassia eviction plan
What you need to know:
- The plot owners are seeking fresh orders to stop the pension scheme from demanding the extra cash a month after Justice Weldon Korir gave NSSF the nod to pursue the money meant for improving roads and other social amenities within the estate.
- “The threats to evict members of Tassia settlement scheme is a breach of their rights to own property, given that NSSF has shown its intention to demolish their houses for failure to pay the additional amount,” said Mr Kithi.
- He added that the owners had a legitimate expectation that after buying the plots from NSSF, they would not be evicted on the basis of payment for construction of a tarmac road and other infrastructure.
The battle between the National Social Security Fund and plot owners at Tassia Estate over a Sh5 billion infrastructure project is back in court.
The plot owners are seeking fresh orders to stop the pension scheme from demanding the extra cash a month after Justice Weldon Korir gave NSSF the nod to pursue the money meant for improving roads and other social amenities within the estate.
Through lawyer George Kithi, the 5,500 land owners argued that NSSF had issued an eviction notice to those who fail to pay the additional Sh920,000 without following due diligence.
BREACH OF RIGHTS
“The threats to evict members of Tassia settlement scheme is a breach of their rights to own property, given that NSSF has shown its intention to demolish their houses for failure to pay the additional amount,” said Mr Kithi.
He added that the owners had a legitimate expectation that after buying the plots from NSSF, they would not be evicted on the basis of payment for construction of a tarmac road and other infrastructure.
NSSF, however, raised objections claiming that the suit was an abuse of court process given the prayers were the same as those dismissed by Justice Korir, who allowed NSSF to increase the price of the land from Sh315,000 to Sh550,000 for a 33 by 66 feet plot and Sh800,000 to Sh1.2m for 50 by 100 feet plots.
The new application by the plot owners will be heard on November 18 by Judge Mumbi Ngugi.
