This archive report was first published on 17 June 2020.
Published on June 17, 2020, a group of 23 families living in houses owned by the Kenya Ports Authority Pension Scheme (KPAPS) have written to Parliament and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to stop the sale of their homes.
The tenants, who have an outstanding court order, are contesting the sale of the houses by the scheme's trustees to Siwaka estate in Nairobi. According to a former trustee, the families are merely tenants and not owners of the properties, as they are KPA employees who were allocated the houses to occupy and have their house allowances deducted and paid to the scheme.
"Those living in the houses are KPA employees who were allocated the houses to occupy and have their house allowances deducted and paid to the scheme," said the former trustee, adding that traditionally, the houses are repossessed and allocated to other employees when current occupiers retire.
The families want the Parliamentary Committee for Lands and Settlement and EACC to stop registered trustees of KPAPS from transferring management of its assets to real estate agents.
