Nairobi, June 24 -- The Environment and Land Court has dismissed a suit by a widow seeking to evict former Kikuyu MP Lewis Nguyai from a disputed family home in Nairobi's Lower Kabete and recover Sh61.2 million in alleged rent arrears and profits.

In a judgment delivered on June 15, 2026, the court found that Betty Wanjiku Gakuru failed to prove allegations that documents relied on by Mr Nguyai to claim ownership of the property were forged.

Mr Nguyai maintained that he purchased the land from Ms Gakuru's late husband, George Gakuru, in 1999 for Sh3.2 million.

The widow challenged the validity of the transaction, arguing that signatures attributed to her husband on the sale agreement and an acknowledgement of payment were not genuine....