The Migaa Golf Estate development, once marketed as an ambitious model of integrated lifestyle living complete with expansive green spaces, modern infrastructure, and vital community amenities, has become the subject of deep frustration among its homeowners, who allege that the project’s promoters have systematically dismantled the original master plan in pursuit of private profit at the expense of residents and investors.
According to the homeowners, the Migaa project was initially unveiled as a transformative residential community boasting schools, hospitals, community facilities, and a commercial center designed to sustain a vibrant social and economic environment, yet these features have been eroded over time as large tracts of land originally allocated for public use were reportedly subdivided into smaller parcels and sold, an action residents view as a calculated effort by shareholders to enrich themselves while abandoning the long-term sustainability of the estate.
The dispute intensified after residents, through their newly formed Migaa Residents Association, successfully challenged in court an attempt by the developer and its parent firm, Home Afrika Limited, to construct 2,500 affordable housing units on 17 acres previously designated for commercial space, with the court ruling in favor of the residents on grounds that construction had begun without the necessary regulatory approvals, a victory the homeowners say underscores the scale of unilateral changes imposed without consultation or compliance.
Residents further allege that Migaa Golf Estate’s three main shareholders, Home Afrika Limited, Tulip Limited, and Linyanti Limited, holding 60%, 20%, and 20% stakes respectively, have already carved out approximately 300 acres of land as early dividends, even though core infrastructure within the estate remains incomplete, with many roads still at murram level, persistent water shortages disrupting daily life, and power outages occurring with such regularity that homeowners argue the estate cannot credibly be described as a functional modern community.
Aggrieved parties point to a contentious demand that homeowners pay Ksh 1,200,000 per property as service charges for a full decade in advance, even as the promised services remain largely undelivered, portraying the move as an opportunistic extraction of funds under the pretext of maintenance, despite the absence of completed amenities and the developer’s alleged failure to demonstrate financial transparency or operational reliability.
Serious accusations have also been leveled at the estate’s promoters, with claims that plots and cash have been exchanged with successive Kiambu County administrations to manipulate the master plan unlawfully, that bribes have been used to influence Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials to overlook vast tax exposures linked to diverted land sales, and that directors have repeatedly allocated themselves prime parcels of land without any regard for the community or the project’s structural integrity.
Home Afrika Limited, which controls Migaa Golf Estate through its subsidiary Home Afrika Communities Limited, is described by the residents as being mired in financial distress, with non-performing loans spread across several lenders, including NCBA Bank, EcoBank, Cooperative Bank, and I&M Bank, while still marketing plots to unsuspecting buyers even as earlier commitments remain unfulfilled, incomplete projects languish across Kisumu, Machakos, Naivasha, and Kajiado, and its listed company’s governance remains under question.
The grievances extend to past ventures, such as a serviced apartments project launched in 2013 that allegedly collected nearly Ksh 400 million from off-plan buyers before stalling and being auctioned by EcoBank, leaving purchasers uncompensated, as well as preference shares sold in the same year which reportedly raised another Ksh 400 million that investors have yet to recover, adding to the perception of a development group extracting capital without delivering on its obligations.
Mitini Development Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Home Afrika, is said to have sold houses within Migaa whose buyers cannot obtain ownership documents due to receivership proceedings initiated by I&M Bank, further eroding confidence in the developer’s capacity to honor its commitments or safeguard the interests of those who invested in good faith.
Residents maintain that the service charges already collected are being siphoned off to cover operational costs, debt servicing, and shareholder enrichment rather than the maintenance or completion of estate infrastructure, leaving homeowners disillusioned, angered, and convinced that both regulatory bodies and county authorities have failed to intervene in what they describe as a deliberate dismantling of a once visionary project.
The situation at Migaa Golf Estate, once heralded as a showcase of modern urban planning and lifestyle living on the outskirts of Nairobi, has now descended into a complex web of legal disputes, unmet promises, alleged corruption, and financial instability, with its residents demanding accountability, restitution, and the restoration of the development’s original commitments to community and quality of life.
Below is what the disgruntled homeowners of Migaa Golf Estate have shared in their detailed communication outlining the grievances they say expose the collapse of Home Afrika’s flagship vision.
“Dear Nyakundi. We are writing to you in regard to the Migaa project knowing that you are very vocal in helping people in this country. The Migaa development was mind-blowing and an awesome project showcasing lifestyle living with all the promised project features, infrastructure, services and social amenities. Along the way they have changed the master plan where some of the amenities like Schools, Hospital, Community Areas, Commercial Centre have been done away with by subdividing them into smaller plots to enrich the shareholders.
Just recently the residents through the now created Migaa Residents Association sued the company and Home Afrika Limited as they wanted to construct 2,500 affordable housing units on a 17-acre parcel of land initially earmarked for Commercial Space. The residents have since won the case in which the developer had started construction without the necessary approvals from the relevant authorities. – (Environment & Land Petition E003 of 2021). You can contact the residents association through ([email protected] ) or through their various social media handles. Also, the promoters of Migaa Golf Estate have again come up with a rule to push us Home Owners to pay service charge 10 years in advance without providing the services. (See attached court papers for a developer who had taken them to court for demanding service charges upfront). Only a few roads have been done to murram level and we barely get water and power cuts have been a menace because of insufficient infrastructure.
Migaa registered as Home Afrika Communities Limited has three shareholders Home Afrika Limited (almost bankrupt), Tulip Limited and Linyanti Limited which own 60:20:20 respectively. The shareholders have taken out about 300 acres as early dividends and yet the infrastructure has not been done. The 300 hundred acres has been sold and money taken out by the shareholders to enrich themselves. We do know that there is huge tax exposure on this and yet KRA has done nothing towards this. They are notorious in bribing KRA for them to cook their books. The directors continue allocating themselves plots without any consideration and this must be investigated. The Board is also incompetent even at the listed company (Home Afrika Limited) level noting that the current Board Chairman Mr. Peter was brought in by previous MD Dan to cover his mess. He was the best man in his wedding and the Capital Market Authority went ahead and approved his appointment as director and chairman. Mr. Peter doubles up as the Chairman in Migaa.
We also know and have sufficient proof that they continue bribing Kiambu County Government through the office of the various Governors (2nd, 2nd Deputy and 3rd Governor) to get changes on their master plan. They have given them plots and cash to get these unlawful changes done. See one of the articles.
Here is the full list of the properties ‘owned’ by Waititu that are being contested by the EACC.
(1) Sh. 280 million houses in Runda, Lakisama, Migaa Estate, Runda Grove and parcels of land in Embakasi Ranching, Thindigua and Kayole.
(2) Properties in Kabete area in Kiambu and Kitengela in Kajiado County registered in his wife’s name and companies Saika Two Estate Developers Ltd, Lexis International Ltd and Bins Management Services Ltd.
(3) Seven vehicles all valued at Sh. 24.4 million.
We are not allowed to sell off our properties to third parties without making the full payment of Kshs. 1,200,000 being the service charge for 10 years payable in advance as per the sale agreements which are skewed to their favour. The directors, particularly one Madam Director, is very rude when you call them to ask questions.
They also started a serviced apartment project in 2013, sold it to unsuspecting buyers off-plan and collected almost 400M. The project stalled, EcoBank auctioned the project and the matter is still in court. (Civil Suit No. FI37 of 2018 (O.S) Ecobank Kenya Limited Vs. Moru Ridge Limited). The buyers have never been compensated. They also sold Preference shares in the year 2013 to unsuspecting buyers, collecting almost 400M and they have been unable or continue to struggle to refund the investors. This company has non-performing loans with NCBA Bank, EcoBank, Cooperative Bank, I&M Bank, owe contractors, service providers, refunds for plots, employees for salaries unpaid etc. and they continue selling plots to unsuspecting buyers. Mitini Development Company, 100% owned by Home Afrika Limited, sold some houses in Migaa and the buyers cannot obtain their ownership documents as I&M Bank has put the company under receivership.
We’ve also been asking for accountability through the Migaa Management Company Limited for utilization of the already paid service charge, information is yet to be provided by the developer meaning that the funds are being used for operations, paying off loans, creditors and not for the intended purpose of maintaining the services which are not there. We have sufficient information that the money has been used to enrich the shareholders.
Home Afrika Limited, the holding company in this project, has even deeper issues with other incomplete projects in Kisumu, Machakos, Naivasha, Lango, Kajiado but it’s being protected by CMA. Their published accounts should also be investigated noting that PKF Kenya refused to act as their auditors after 5 years and they had to get another auditor whom they can manipulate. We are really frustrated with this project.
Regards,
Migaa Home Owners.”
Attached below are scanned documents from the Migaa Residents Association and related court filings supporting this legal action.
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