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A Nairobi businessman has moved to the Environment and Land Court seeking urgent orders to stop the sale of a disputed Sh70 million property in an escalating legal battle over a prime parcel of land along Peponi Road in the capital.
The tycoon, identified in court papers as Rajendra Ratilal Sanghani, wants the court to halt what he describes as an unlawful attempt to dispose of the property after he allegedly stepped in to save it from a public auction.
According to documents filed before the court, the dispute revolves around property known as Nairobi/Block 6/263/8. Sanghani has sued Thomas Kilonzo Mwanza and Karen Nkatha Rimita, accusing them of reneging on a land sale agreement after he injected millions of shillings to rescue the property from auctioneers.
Court filings indicate that the parties entered into a sale agreement on December 18, 2025, under which Sanghani agreed to purchase the land for Sh70 million. The businessman claims the property was facing imminent auction by a financial institution over an outstanding loan.
He told the court that he paid Sh7 million directly to Stanbic Bank just hours before the scheduled auction on December 19, 2025, effectively stopping the sale and partially redeeming the charged property. Sanghani further alleges that he later advanced an additional Sh1 million to facilitate the transaction.
However, the businessman now claims the sellers attempted to back out of the deal after benefiting from his intervention.
In his court pleadings, Sanghani accuses the defendants of unfairly repudiating the agreement despite his readiness and financial ability to complete the purchase. He argues that the vendors failed to provide the necessary completion documents before declaring that the transaction had collapsed.
The court has also been told that lawyers representing one of the defendants issued a notice seeking to terminate the deal and refund the Sh7 million deposit, subject to the signing of a mutual termination agreement — an arrangement Sanghani says was never finalized.
The businessman is now seeking injunctive orders barring the defendants from advertising, selling, transferring, charging, or otherwise dealing with the land pending the hearing and determination of the case.
Sanghani argues that unless the court intervenes urgently, the disputed property could be sold to third parties despite the financial rescue he allegedly provided to prevent its auction.
The case now sets the stage for a high-stakes courtroom battle over ownership rights, contractual obligations, and one of Nairobi’s valuable real estate assets.