Court Rules On Amos Kimunya’s Ksh 60M Land Case, Frees Trio Implicated
Former Lands Minister Amos Kimunya has been acquitted in a Ksh60 million land case in Nyandarua.
The judgment was delivered on March 6, in which the court found that the prosecution failed to offer substantial evidence to implicate the former minister.
The Magistrate in the ruling noted that the case had “several gaps in the investigations” and concluded that the prosecution’s case was built on weak grounds.
Alongside Kimunya, a former Director of Land Adjudication and one other were also set free as a result of the ruling.
The ruling, which proved consequential on Kimunya’s side, had dragged on for more than a decade and implicated the former minister and his co-accused on several grounds, including abuse of office and fraudulent disposal of public property.
A Nairobi court has acquitted former Lands minister Amos Kimunya and his co-accused in a Ksh60 million graft case linked to the alleged irregular allocation of public land to Midlands Limited.
— Nyakundi Report (@NyakundiReport) May 6, 2026
Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Magistrate Harrison Barasa ruled that the… pic.twitter.com/QZsEE2WMfO
The key grounds of misunderstanding alleged that, in June 2005, while serving as the Minister for Lands, he irregularly allocated a 25-acre parcel of public land valued at Ksh60 million to one company in which Kimunya was reportedly a director and shareholder.
However, the legal battle dates back to March 2014, when Kimunya and two co-accused were first arraigned at the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court over the alleged irregular allocation of the land in question.
After six years of court proceedings, the magistrate’s court in May 2020 acquitted the trio.
The court ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, effectively bringing the matter to a temporary close.
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However, the case was revived in October 2022 after the High Court overturned the acquittal following an appeal by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), ordering that the matter be retried on a later date.
Kimunya Cornered: Prosecutors Tears Into Sh60M Land Fraud Claims
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Former Lands; & Finance Minister Amos Kimunya found himself under intense pressure in court today as prosecutors tore into his defense over a Sh60 million land fraud case. During a heated cross-examination, Kimunya… pic.twitter.com/oJDNZhpVug
The legal back-and-forth continued until May 6, 2026, when Magistrate Harrison Barasa delivered a final acquittal, giving the trio a chance to breathe.
The case took this long owing to several reasons: one of them being delays that often occurred when crucial witnesses or documents from the Ministry of Agriculture were not presented in a timely manner, especially during the stipulated court dates.
Additionally, at various points, defense teams proposed out-of-court settlements, which were rejected by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and ODPP, thus extending the timeline.
Court Rules On Amos Kimunya’s Ksh 60M Land Case, Frees Trio Implicated
