Companies linked to Deputy President William Ruto will join a long list of those owned by influential individuals expected to lose millions of shillings in rent as the deadline for a presidential directive to cancel leases for police houses draws closer.
This comes as questions remain on the legal implications of the move announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta in September and expected to take effect from December 1, with some of the landlords holding leases that expire in 2021.
Details of private houses rented out to the National Police Service involve at least 120 individuals and entities mostly owned by well-connected people who get the billions of shillings paid by to house officers over the lease period.
The Deputy President is connected to the leased houses, first through a company that is owned by his family members, and secondly through a real estate management firm.
LEGEND MANAGEMENT
According to details seen by the Nation, Legend Management Ltd is listed as having rented out to the officers 72 units at Osere Flats in Ongata Rongai on the outskirts of Nairobi for an annual sum of Sh16 million. The contract runs for three years from December 12, 2017 to December 7, 2020.