Suraya directors risk jail in estate transfer dispute

Directors of Suraya Properties, the developers of the multi-billion shilling Fourways Junction residential estate, face civil jail after one of the original owners of the land on which the houses are built filed a petition claiming that they have refused to compensate her in violation of a court order.

Nancy Wanja Gatabaki claims in a suit filed in court on Thursday that Peter and Sue Muraya are in contempt of court for allegedly failing to transfer to her property worth Sh323 million in 24 months as agreed in September 2011.