How Kenyans get conned: The following is an illustration of how thousands of Kenyans have been getting conned by land selling companies who allegedly sell cheap plots that are commonly disguised as prime parcels. It’s author is unknown:

“Somewhere far from Nairobi , there is cheap barren wilderness lying Idle .Then Kamanu of Kamanu Properties Ltd gets wind of it from his “investment scouts ” .

Kamanu buys 2 Acres of the land for Sh. 200,000 per acre from the peasant owner pretending to be working for a church based NGO. Kamanu Subdivides the land into 14 plots .

He plans to sell each plot for Sh. 350,000 . If each plot is bought ,Kamanu will make a kill of Sh. 4.5 million. But how will he sell the plots in the middle of nowhere? And to who?

This is how…

Lease a 42 Seater bus and fill it with 20 fake buyers. Each fake buyer is supposed to come with one potential buyer amounting to 20 potential buyers . The fooling line is “TRANSPORT AND FOOD IS FREE ” Each fake buyer is paid Sh. 5,000 per trip.

In total Kamanu spends roughly Sh. 140,000 per trip , that includes transport, food and fake buyers’ fees.

On site, the fake buyers are supposed to “show a lot of interest on the plots ” and the majority will buy quickly, giving out fake cheques to Kamanu on the point for full amount of Sh. 350,000 .

The target is to have at least 2 potential buyers duped into buying the plots . In total, Kamanu plans to have at most 7 such trips with different potential buyers but same fake ones. At the end Kamanu will have spent a total of roughly Sh. 1.4 million, including the price of the land and fake trips , Making a profit of Sh. 3.5 million within 2 months .
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Whatever the buyers will do with those pieces of wilderness, it’s none of Kamanu’s business.”

@ Coolbull & @Sparkly,
Exactly! And the last time I checked, in a capitalist country like Kenya, selling a plot on a willing buyer willing seller basis is not a crime. This is why I find it amusing that the trio named above are offended that plots are being hawked here by others in an alleged grand "conspiracy" of faceless handles on Wazoo. As if even if it were fact, it is a crime of some sort

@ Coolbull & @Sparkly,
Exactly! And the last time I checked, in a capitalist country like Kenya, selling a plot on a willing buyer willing seller basis is not a crime.This is why I find it amusing that the trio named above are offended that plots are being hawked here by others in an alleged grand "conspiracy" of faceless handles on Wazoo. As if even if it were fact, it is a crime of some sort

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Ha ha ha ha.
@Mugundaman are you sure you are not Kamanu?
I agree with you 100% Kamanu has not done a crime or done anything wrong. Willing buyer and willing seller is alright with me.

I do have a problem when @Mugundaman ask the serikali to put a sewage line and a tarmac road in the middle of no where that has no economic value on the tax payers tab. Focus on building roads in areas that need the road to Wajir or Mandera and not in the middle of Nairobi National park conservancy area.

Nonetheless I am happy for you and Kamanu and I hope your buyers remain ignorant and stupid so that you ca grow rich! Nitakuombea

Of course not. There is only one Mugundaman and if you go through all his threads and posts you will not find a SINGLE one on the sell side. Why would I sell pure gold for worthless paper moolah?

I thought they are the same person!

I hear you bro. In my experience in this business in our beautiful country, patience is golden. I have bought land in some scary places, got title and forgotten about it. A year later I revisit the place and I'm having trouble finding the plot because so many new developments have come up around it that the place looks completely different! Hitches and glitches are always there in service provision (eg delays in getting title or borehole delivery as you mention) but if you are with a good company like Optiven and others, they always deliver in the long run.