Former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju has reportedly gone missing.
According his family, Tuju was last seen on the evening of Saturday, March 21 and his phone has been switched off since then.
The family also stated that the former CS’s car was found abandoned in Nairobi.
Raphael Tuju Goes Missing, Family Says
Tuju’s son, Mano Tuju, stated that he received a call from the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) at Karen Police Station informing him that his father’s vehicle had been discovered abandoned along Miotoni Lane.
“He had been scheduled to appear on Ramogi FM at around 7pm on Saturday evening,” the family stated as quoted by the Standard.
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This comes as Tuju faces eviction from his multi-billion-shilling property in Karen, Nairobi, amid a long-running legal dispute over billions of shillings in debt.
On March 12, he vowed to remain on the premises, declaring that auctioneers would have to “kill him first” before evicting him.
Tuju secured a temporary reprieve on Wednesday, March 18, after the High Court blocked any transfer or assignment of a disputed property in Karen linked to Dari Limited.
The case pits Tuju and his family members against several respondents, including the East African Development Bank (EADB), Knight Frank Valuers Limited, and Ultra Eureka Limited, among others, over a dispute tied to the receivership of Dari Limited and a multi-billion-shilling debt.
The ruling presided an earlier ruling on Tuesday, March 10, cleared the way for EADB to auction three properties in Karen to recover the loan advanced to Dari Limited a decade ago.
Tuju was kicked out of his multi-million property in Karen, Nairobi, in the early hours of Sunday March 15 morning.
The former CS said a contingent of security officers stormed his Dari Business Park in Karen at 2.40 am, forcing out guards and sealing off the compound without presenting a court order.
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Woes Against Tuju
Tribulations against Tuju began 11 years ago, precisely in 2015, when the East African Development Bank (EADB) granted the former Rarieda MP a loan of KSh. 943.9 million to fund the acquisition and development of commercial units for sale in Nairobi.
The deal, according to court papers, was granted a 24-month grace period, which lapsed in 2017.
In November 2018, the East African Development Bank (EADB) filed a case against Dari Limited, a company registered under Raphael Tuju’s name, in the High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts of England and Wales.
The bank claimed that Dari Limited had failed to repay the disbursed loan in accordance with the agreement, and Tuju and his company subsequently filed a defence.
In June 2019, the EADB obtained a judgment against the appellants in London and later filed an application at the High Court in Nairobi under the Foreign Judgments Reciprocal Enforcement Act, seeking recognition, registration, and enforcement of the London judgment.
