A businessman has written to Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki seeking protection over a Muthaiga multimillion property brawl with Equity Bank Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi.
In a letter to Kindiki dated November 2, Mount Pleasant Director Anverali Amershi Karmali, who claims ownership of the property, says he has been evicted despite the existence of a court order directing both parties in the case to maintain the current status.
“We seek the intervention of your good office in this matter and request that your office directs investigations and prosecution of all parties in the state employment responsible for the illegal and forceful eviction of our personnel and trespass onto our property,” states the letter.
He narrates how police officers were deployed to evict guards manning the property following directions from Mwangi.
He says that on October 29, 2022, at about 11 am, four armed Administration Police officers from the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) visited the property with instructions to evict him.
“When the head of the RDU, Lawrence Owino, was called, he informed us that he was under instructions from James Mwangi to protect his property from possible trespassers,” the letter reads.
Karmali wants Kindiki to instruct the Inspector General of Police to order the removal of the RDU from the property effective immediately and ensure protection of him and his people.
Documents filed before the land court show that both Karmali and Mwangi lay claim to the three-acre property estimated to value at Sh555 million.
The businessman, through his company claims to have purchased the land from former Finance Minister Arthur Magugu’s estate in July 2016.
