NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 13 — A court in Nairobi has allowed an application by an auctioneer to evict Aldai lawmaker Maryanne Keitany from a house in Runda she shared with her estranged husband Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi.
Chief Magistrate Wendy Michemi on Monday ordered the officer in charge of Runda Police Station to facilitate the eviction.
Michemi gave the orders in response to an application filed in court by T/A auctioneers and CS Linturi who sought to proceed with the eviction process.
“That the application is certified urgent. That the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Runda Police Station Nairobi hereby ordered to provide security and police assistance in evicting Hon. Maryanne Jebet Keitany from House Number 16, Mae Ridge County Villas situated in Runda Estate, Nairobi,” the order read.
The move follows a ruling by the High Court on January 20 dismissing Kietany’s claim on the house.
The ruling was the climax of a litany of suits pitting the two against each other in a divorce case that culminated in a finding that the was “no marriage”, civil or otherwise when the two allegedly lived together.
High Court verdict
While citing jurisdictional limitation, Justice Maureen Odero said Keitany’s prayer to continue staying in the Runda home could not be allowed.
She had moved to court seeking to suspend the execution of a judgement by a magistrate court allowing Linturi to evict her.
Linturi’s legal team had asked Justice Odero to affirm Chief Magistrate Heston Nyagah’s decision in September 2022.
“Marianne wants to continue living in the palatial home for the sixth year running yet the court had established that there was no marriage between me and the appellant,” Linturi told the court.
Keitany had sought an injunction against eviction by Linturi or his agents pending determination of her suit.
“This honorable court be pleased to issue orders of injunction and preservation restraining Linturi his agents or any other person acting on his behalf or under his instructions from evicting, interfering, ejecting or in any way interfering with quiet possession, stay and occupation of the house known as Mae Ridge County Villas No16 erected on LR No.7785/1324(I.R123703) pending the hearing and determination of the appeal,” she pleaded.
