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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A landlord in Nakuru on Saturday had his tenant\u2019s roof removed over Ksh2,000 delayed rent payment for the month of March.<\/p>\n

Gerald Kirika, on April 10, had gone to work when his neighbour called to inform him that his roof had been removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe roof was removed at 1 p.m. when the children were making ugali. I only owe the landlord rent for March only. My children were rained on after the incident. Don\u2019t I have rights?\u201d Kirika angrily said.<\/p>\n

Kirika added that the rains destroyed his electronics, birth certificates and books. In addition, Kirika lost foodstuff including maize flour which he had just restocked.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the landlord was summoned to the police station he said that he would not pay for the damages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe landlord wants to do away with old tenants so that the new tenants pay more. I have stayed here for six months and we pay Ksh2,000 for rent. The new tenants pay Ksh2,300,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Angry neighbours have called on the government to ensure that justice is served claiming that the landlord violated the rights of the child and her father by removing the roof.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found the child cooking ugali and she told me that she thought baboons had removed the roof. I am very sad. The landlord should have given him the chance to move or pay the rent,” Kirika’s neighbour, Mary Wanjiru said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not paid rent for six months and my landlord has not evicted me. A lot of his goods were destroyed after the roof was removed. The landlord should understand that he is a single father…this is inhumane,\u201d another neighbour added.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Eric Mbuhia suffered the same fate when his landlord removed his roof due to Ksh3,500 unpaid rent despite him explaining that he had financial problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe landlord came to the plot infuriated and demanded that I pay him Ksh3,500 plus Ksh2,000 for April\u2019s rent. I explained that I have been having problems and that my income was low due to the pandemic but he still demanded that I pay up,\u201d Mbuhia said in a past interview.<\/p>\n

While speaking in August 2020, Isiolo County commissioner Herman Shambi said that landlords may end up behind bars for removing tenant\u2019s doors and roofs.<\/p>\n

\u201cA person who demolishes another\u2019s house and takes property from it will be treated as crime and theft. Removing someone\u2019s door is inhumanity but throwing his property is a crime and the law must take course,\u201d Shambi stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. A landlord in Nakuru on Saturday had his tenant\u2019s roof removed over Ksh2,000 delayed rent payment for the month of March. Gerald Kirika, on April 10, had gone to work when his neighbour called to inform him that his roof had been removed. \u201cThe roof was removed at 1 p.m. when the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":25901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-25902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"\nNakuru Landlord Removes Tenant\u2019s Roof Over Ksh 2K Rent Arrears - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A landlord in Nakuru on Saturday had his tenant\u2019s roof removed over Ksh2,000 delayed rent payment for the month of March ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nakuru Landlord Removes Tenant\u2019s Roof Over Ksh 2K Rent Arrears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A landlord in Nakuru on Saturday had his tenant\u2019s roof removed over Ksh2,000 delayed rent payment for the month of March ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-14T18:37:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/04\/img-6077257fccfd0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nakuru Landlord Removes Tenant\u2019s Roof Over Ksh 2K Rent Arrears\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-14T18:37:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears\"},\"wordCount\":432,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/04\/img-6077257fccfd0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/nakuru-landlord-removes-tenants-roof-over-ksh-2k-rent-arrears\",\"name\":\"Nakuru Landlord Removes Tenant\u2019s Roof Over Ksh 2K Rent Arrears - 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