Esteem Energy Director Hassan Ibrahim Issak Accused Of Forgery And Grabbing Widow’s Land

Hassan Ibrahim Issak the Managing Director of Esteem Energy Ltd has been accused of forging documents and grabbing a piece of land in South B, Nairobi belonging to Lucy Gathoni Wachira the proprietor of Eveready Security Guards Company Ltd. The claims have been made by Boniface Mwangi, a renowned activist.

Mwangi further claims that Hassan has conspired with police and judiciary officials in the alleged wider scheme to grab the piece of land from the widow.

In an investigative documentary he posted, Lucy says she bought the piece of land in September 1997 and has been running her company since then until September 5, 2022 when goons accompanied with policemen stormed into her  premise with forged land titles but with a legitimate eviction court order claiming ownership of her land which she holds a legitimate title deed on.

The Court Order is annexec: as LW2 had been issued by Hon. Edgar Kagoni of the Milimani Commercial Court.

“How Edgar Kagoni is still presiding over cases beats logic. Hassan Issak filed forged title documents before Kagoni’s court. He gave a ruling in less than two weeks without hearing both parties.” Questioned Mwangi.

They were forcefully evicted within a few hours of the raid.

She has since then been pursuing the reclamation of the land but efforts have been frustrated. Mwangi is pointing fingers at the prosecution office for protecting Issak.

Hassan Ibrahim Issak, a serial landgrabber forged title documents and stole Lucy’s land. @DCI_Kenya carried out investigations and sent their evidence to @ODPP_KE whose reference is DCI/SEC/LCA/2/3/1/VOLXII/. Why is Noordin and his team protecting Hassan? pic.twitter.com/IjNpiqt5RH

— The People’s Watchman (@bonifacemwangi) May 31, 2023

In March when the activist first brought to light the alleged land grabbing, he was sued and made to delete the story of which he complied.

We did a search @Lands_Kenya and, the results shows who the genuine owner of the land is, and it’s not the landgrabber. @DCI_Kenya @ODPP_KE have case files on Issak, but they won't prosecute him because they are on his payroll. He has sued me, game on. Let's expose him properly. https://t.co/nEpsbZWDW1 pic.twitter.com/1tKcgPrVoP

— The People’s Watchman (@bonifacemwangi) March 23, 2023

Investigations done by the DCI found Eveready as the genuine owners of the piece of land and that the documents held by Esteem Energy were forgeries.

The DCI report.

The DCI submitted sufficient evidence to the ODPP on March 3, 2023 for the prosecution of the mastermind Issak. However, a period of silence followed prompting Mwangi to stir up the scandal to the public again accusing the ODPP of going slow on the case.

Hassan Issak sued me for exposing him as a thief. He works with corrupt ministry of lands employees, and corrupt judges to get eviction orders. @DCI_Kenya are ready to charge Hassan but some people @ODPP_KE are protecting him. ODPP has refused to respond to Lucy’s lawyer letters. https://t.co/OfZhC87799 pic.twitter.com/bTj3KnYHyf

— The People’s Watchman (@bonifacemwangi) May 31, 2023

In a letter dated May 24, 2023, ODPP eventually replied to Lucy’s lawyers acknowledging the receipt of the investigation file from the DCI. Vera Omollo the head, Land & environment division for ODPP said that the file has been returned to the DCI for further investigations having identified gaps in the case.

ODPP Letter.