Auctioneers Kick Out UK Citizen Who Lived In Kenya For 50 Years

A British citizen was evicted from his home on Friday, November 4, having lived in Kenya for 50 years.

An auctioneer by the name of Baraza and 30 people carrying crow bars and machetes descended on the property situated in Westlands, School lane at around 12:30pm.

They broke into the property, climbing over the gate and through the neighbours fence and entered the compound.

Once inside the compound, Baraza's men attacked the guard and hit him with a stone and crowbar, leaving him profusely bleeding and had to be rushed to the hospital.

Scene after auctioneers raid a British citizen's home in Westlands on November 4, 2022. /COURTESY

"His wife was terrified and scared for her life as she thought they had come to rob and murder her and God only knows what was going through her mind when she saw these 30 men, as she was alone in the house. 

"Baraza and his men broke into the house using crow-bars and Baraza refused to identify himself and just flashed the court orders quickly to my wife saying these are eviction orders – he did not give her a chance to read the document properly – my wife just read LARIAK PROPERTIES LIMITED vs the claimant and starting questioning Baraza about who Lariak properties ltd are and what the claimant had to do with the property? he refused to let her read the full court document or give her a copy," read a statement on the incident seen by Viral Tea.

Baraza casually informed the Briton's wife that she had 30 minutes to pack, lest his men would start throwing things out of the property.

However, they took action within 15 minutes and went to the further extent of stealing, drinking and eating. 

They lost, laptops, iPads, iPhones, various jewellery, watches, camera, electronic items, household items, personal documents, company documents, clothes and money.

"His wife called him and he rushed home – it took him about 45 to get home from work. When he arrived he found his property had been thrown out and people were running in and out of the main gate. They were stealing things and giving them to their colleagues who were waiting outside in bikes (boda boda) to carry away items.

"When he entered the premises, he asked Baraza for the court order – he refused to show him the orders saying he has shown the copy to my wife. He blatantly refused to show him the copy even after having asked several times for the next 4 hours," added the statement.

His lawyer arrived at the premises at around 1:30pm and asked Baraza for a copy, which he refused. 

The lawyer then called the media to record the proceedings but Baraza refused to allow them in and upon discovering that the lawyer had called the media he threw him out of the property physically – refusing him entry.

The couple had asked friends and family for help and they had contacted the OCI of parklands and Spring Valley, the OCPD, police officers of parklands, spring valley and gigiri to send police to the premises to stop the unauthorised eviction.

Several police officers in uniform and plain clothes came for the next one hour to the premises but within 15 minutes they all left the premises without helping them, with claims that orders from above made them not to interfere in the illegal eviction.

They were left helpless and heartbroken to see the individuals destroy their property and there was nothing they could do.

"Is this how British citizen PR anyone is treated in Kenya? They have no rights in this country while having lived peacefully in this country for over 50 years.

"They had to hire trucks to move whatever items they could salvage to a secure place but time was not on their side. At around 6 pm Baraza started instructing his workers to throw our stuff on to the roadside, while they were frantically trying to salvage what they could and obviously lost a lot more items in the process as whatever they were moving put was getting stolen," continued the statement.

Scene after auctioneers raid a British citizen's home in Westlands on November 4, 2022. /COURTESY

The couple has since been left homeless trying to comprehend what happened and the house that was already demolished, all in a matter of 48 hours.

They attributed the actions of the auctioneers to their cleverness to come on a Friday afternoon when they knew it would be very difficult or almost impossible to get the officials.

They are urgently seeking any help in recovering what is left of the property from the auctioneers who took it illegally and the police who were meant to protect the innocent that are sitting back and not taking any action.