Residents of the Njiru Land have called for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to look into the documents submitted in court by the Kirima family.
Through Lawyer Danstan Omari, the residents also said they want the DCI to investigate the documents submitted by the family of the alleged original owner of the land the late Dominico De Masi, an Italian.
They want the Directorate to ascertain which documents are real.
They expressed hope that the investigators will find the De Masi documents to be legal.
"We have written a letter to the Director of Criminal Investigations to investigate the documents the Kirima presented to the judge, to investigate those the Dominico guy has represented to establish which are the lawful, rightful documents of ownership," Omari said.
They have also written to the National Lands Commission to investigate the title deed of the land.
This stems from the October 23, judgement by Environment and Land Court Judge Samson Okong’o, naming former Starehe MP Gerishon Kirima as its rightful owner.
Okang'o also ordered the squatters up to December 31, to vacate and hand over possession of the property to the estate of Kirima.
On Monday, Omari filed a petition seeking to temporarily stop the execution of the October 23, judgement, pending its review.
Teresia Wairimu Kirima and Anne Wangari Kirima are listed as the respondents in the matter, with the applicants being John Otieno Obade, the chairperson of a residents' association namely Runaway View Residents Association, and 299 others.
The residents said the judgement as it is, if executed will gravely affect them and "would be negating the economic development of the citizens of Kenya being the applicants, who are but part of the hustler nation".
They added that if the order to demolish their homes goes forward, they will be rendered homeless during the rainy season.
Further, they would suffer irreparable harm if the court does not issue an order staying the execution of the judgement as their claim over the land.
The applicants stated that among the institutions in the affected land are schools, hospitals and churches.
"The court ought to make orders that deem just in the circumstance and we plead that the demolition of all that is on the property shall not only be prejudicial but is not towards the advancement of substantive justice nor public interest," the application reads.
The application will be heard on November 20, 2023.
