President Uhuru’s long-serving personal assistant Jomo Gecaga faces eviction from his apartment in Nairobi’s Riverside estate after falling out with former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero over rent.
JSTA Ltd is seeking to block its eviction from Gem Suites Riverside apartments that cost $5000 (Sh540,000) monthly.
The company wants the court to intervene in the rent fallout, arguing that Mr. Gecaga and his family “will be seriously prejudiced and suffer untold loss and damage not to mention the embarrassment” once the auctioneers are instructed to seize his assets and attempt to evict him from the apartment.
According to the court document, Gecaga is the occupant of the apartment 2C Riverside.
“That a temporary injunction does issue restraining the defendant from unlawfully levying distress, harassing, illegally evicting…pending hearing and determination of this application,” JSTA stated.
The row between the apartment’s occupant and the landlord was triggered after a notice seeking to pay the halved rent of Sh250,000 beyond September and December and a push to forgo paying an additional lease fee of Sh950,000 was issued.
Udi requested the Kideros to carry forward the offer for paying half rent to December, arguing that the family cash flow has been affected by the Covid-19 economic hardships.
But the Kideros through their investment agency, Gemivest Limited rejected the request, accusing Gecaga of declining to sign a new lease agreement after the previous pact expired in March 2016.
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“Geminvest Limited will not accept payment of Sh250,000 only as monthly rent,” the company said in a September 15 notice attached in court documents.
“The company requests that you clear the current outstanding bill of Sh950,000 for the period ending September 30 and then vacate the unit.”
This has triggered a court battled between Gecaga who is seeking court protection from eviction and asset seizure over rent arrears by the Kideros.
The case was certified as urgent by Senio Principal Magistrate Agnes Makau, therefore, ordered the parties to appear in court tomorrow (October 6) for hearing.
