Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested Brian Otiende Anyanga for purportedly working at the Nairobi County Lands Registry and issuing fake lease certificates.
In a statement dated December 14, 2024, the DCI reported that Anyanga has been using fake documents to grab land and loot millions of money from developers in Nairobi.
“Detectives from the Operations Directorate have once again arrested serial fraud suspect Brian Otiende Anyanga, the supposed ring leader of a city cartel that has become the nightmare of land owners and developers around the Capital by issuing fake lease certificates while purporting to work at the Nairobi County Lands Registry,” read part of the DCI report.
Brian’s arrest comes barely two weeks after his accomplice, Lawrence Martins Ochieng was arrested for his involvement in a land fraud case where a victim almost lost two prime parcels of land located in Nairobi’s Pumwani area, after Brian’s gang issued him with fake documents purporting to be genuine certificates of lease.
Although the fraud was intercepted, the victim lost over Ksh553,000 to the cartels.
“Getting wind that Lawrence Ochieng had had his day with DCI’s Operations Support Unit detectives on December 2, Brian took to his hole located along Katulo Road in Buruburu.
“However, he was today swept from the warmth of his couch and taken into custody, following the two weeks of relentless manhunt,” DCI reported.
The DCI disclosed that Brian, who has an ongoing gold scam case and is out on bond, will be arraigned on Monday December 16, at Milimani Law Courts.
Meanwhile, several suspicious lands documents that have been seized in the course of the ongoing investigation are being subjected to scrutiny, to determine whether any officials at the Lands Registry have been conspiring with the suspects.
