“I’m Drowning in Debt, Your Honor,” Former Tycoon Pleads After Clashing with an Elderly Man in Keiyo

Titus Maweu was certain he was going to win. After all, he was up against an uneducated old man. Mathew Makau didn’t even know how to write, had no understanding of court procedures, and struggled with basic algebra. At 86 years old, Mathew walked with the aid of a cheap stick.

Titus expected him to simply give up and move his belongings from the 15-acre piece of land. He smiled when he learned that Mathew, despite living there for decades, had no title deed. Titus firmly held his own title deed, obtained just a week earlier through several back doors and shady channels, ready to use as evidence. In fact, he had already signed a contract to convert the Keiyo land into a maize plantation.

His confidence grew even more when he discovered that Mathew hadn’t shown up for the hearing. Mathew’s inexpensive lawyer apologized on his behalf, and the case was rescheduled. But ever since that fateful day, when Titus arrived in court determined to seize land that wasn’t his, things began to unravel.To Continue Reading, Click Here