Five people have been charged before a Nakuru Court with 12 counts related to abuse of office, forgery, and conspiracy to defraud.
The suspects include Nakuru War Memorial Hospital Directors Simon Watene and Roger Joslyn, land surveyor Kipkemboi Kigen, and Ministry of Lands officials Peter Nzuki Mutwiwa and Stephen Kihengo Mwaura.
They are accused of being involved in fraudulently obtaining documents for the renewal of a lease title that expired in 2021.
The accused allegedly forged lease documents to secure a 50-year lease title for a 25-acre piece of land hosting the War Memorial Hospital in Nakuru.
The prosecution has lined up 26 witnesses for the trial, which is scheduled to begin on 31st July, 2024.
