Heartless Kenyan Landlady Removes Tenant’s House Roof over Sh500 Rent Arrear
A Kenyan family on Friday endured a cold night after their landlady removed their house’s roof over Sh500 rent arrear.
Elijah Okumu, a boda-boda operator in Eldoret town, said the landlady instructed a carpenter to remove his house’s iron sheets after he failed to pay her the amount.
Okumu told KTN News that the dusk-to-dawn curfew and the strict safety measures imposed by the government on boda-boda operators to stem the transmission of coronavirus has affected his daily income.
"When the landlady came she told me to pay the Sh500 rent arrears but I told her I did not have cash at the moment. After a few minutes, she sent a fundi who came and removed all the iron sheets leaving us in cold yet we have a young one-month-old child," said Okumu.
"The economy has deteriorated, the most I can get after a long day is Sh300 out of which I have to buy food, purchase fuel for my motorbike and pay for its loan.”
Okumu's wife, Bosibori said the roof was removed when she was sleeping with her baby.
"Yesterday as we were asleep, I heard a bang outside as soil particles were dropping down on my baby. I asked my son to go and check what was going on and he confirmed someone was on the roof busy removing the iron sheets," she said.
The incident comes at a time when some Kenyan landlords have waived rent for their tenants due to the financial challenges occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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This landlord and her…
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This landlord and her carpenter should be paraded around the town and then have the structure flattened as a lesson where did she expect the tenant to get the money from.Burn it down leave her counting her losses.
Dang hopefully she is immune…
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Dang hopefully she is immune to corona as that's one heartless being. She does not understand even the witchdoctor and the warogis, psychics and the thieves are as scared as the people they prey on. For those who go to warogis and the psychics they should know they have been wasting their money as the psychics is scared as everyone. You wonder how comes they did not see the menace coming.
People need to move out of…
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People need to move out of her rental properties and never to rent from her. Stay away from her rental properties.
The question I have is how…
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The question I have is how much she paid the fudi to remove the roof ?...and how much she will spend to replace the same roof considering the bill was ksh.500
Ujinga kabisa! Does the cost…
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Ujinga kabisa! Does the cost of removing the mabati and allowing the elements to salvage the interior not exceed the 500sh? Akin from cutting off a tree branch whilst sitting on the other end of it!
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I do not have words to describe that landlady. For that demolition, probably she paid the fundi more than the rent owed and she will pay more to reconstruct. Where is wisdom?
I know that God will whip her terribly in future and she will come to regret her actions.
And the fundi who accepted pay to perform such an act is not different from thugs who accept pay to kill someone. He will also receive his dose of justice from almighty.
Hi can this renter indicate…
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Hi can this renter indicate his phone number here please. This is very sad God help to see with our inner eyes
Can she hire me to demolish…
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Can she hire me to demolish the walls?
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