You couldn't put it any better.... I was enticed to "good property investment opportunities" by a friend of mine but when i listened to the whole story, i developed cold feet instantly.... It could be genuine but i still do not mind missing out on the "opportunities".... This is one company that still leaves me wondering where people get the confidence to invest and re-invest in land the company is handling. You mention Embakasi Ranch and i will break my legs running away irrespective of how irresistible the deal may sound.

@Josiah33, i really do not know where block 136 is ,so the proposed site could be far from this block, no map in the report to verify this.

I know someone with land on the said block 136. In fact, insiders say that block 136 is by far the largest piece of land owned by Embakasi Ranching. I was talking to someone and I understand it covers the area next to NCC Sewage works and all the way towards kilimambogo but starts about a kilometer from the main Ruai Junction as you go to the NCC sewage. But as you approach kamulu, it cuts the Kangundo Road and covers a potion of the upper side and from here both in the lower and upper sides, it borders Kamulu.

The issue was that the government acquired this land for Embakasi Ranching from Mkoloni (I do not know what this process was called) It is said that Embakasi Ranching Company Ltd was supposed to pay back the government but never paid. I would not be surprised and especially because Embakasi Ranching has been run by Politicians since 1976...or earlier (not sure about the year.)

Someone said that a few people have titles on the block but I am not sure.

As a student Accountant many years ago, I remember reading through audited reports of Embakasi Ranching Company Ltd. For many years, the Auditor issued a qualified report. If I can remember well, there were issues to do with some titles not presented to the auditor and also the issue of NCC rates.

I spoke to someone who was confident that even if that was the case, the investments were too huge for the government to chase away people. The syokimau issue should be an eye opener.

does it cover all the lower area before the ruai junction?

If block 136 is really Government land then there's not much hope of people owning plots on the said block getting titles. Given that it's the largest parcel in embakasi ranch then majority of the plot owners will never get title deeds and there is the threat of a syokimau there too. How on earth would the ranching company go on and subdivide land they have not paid for and therefore do not possess a title for and why would the Government just watch as people put their money in the drain?

If the authority to sell is from an individual - then you should shy away from such land deals. There should be formal process that is independent of office holder! What happens when the individual is out of office??

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@ Madammary, please name names. It can save people from being swindled around the Sewage plant.

i don't know the guys who are selling land their but they are telling the people buying that they have authority from Orengo. am not sure if all this are all lies they are feeding people to dupe them.
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Why is the government sitting an waiting for this thing called Embakasi Ranching to explode?? I think this will be worse than Mbo-i-kamiti, there shall be bloodshed in Embakasi soon.

Embakasi Ranching Company and the land it owns remains one of independent Kenya’s most explosive property crises in the past three decades. Embakasi Ranching Kenya’s most explosive property crises in the past three decades .

I would not accept FREE LAND ruai..and I repeat repeat Free!!!!!!!!!!
I almost bought thin air and learnt a lesson.

I really regret being in association with Embakasi Ranching Company even if indirectly.