By Anderson Ojwang
President William Ruto, speaking today in Rarieda at the birthplace of former Cabinet Minister Raphael Tuju, said a solution regarding the estate of the latter should be found.
Ruto said Tuju should be provided with honest advice in order to salvage his estate over a commercial debt dispute with a commercial bank. He said a solution to the dispute should be reached to enable Tuju to move on with his business.
Ruto stated that Tuju needs to find honest advisors and accused a section of politicians of using his woes to sell their political agenda.
“Recently, some people went to lie to Tuju and asked him to claim he had been abducted. Tuju needs honest friends and advice in order to be helped. He doesn’t need scavengers who are trying to scavenge on the misfortunes of a citizen—those looking for prominence over the tribulations of a fellow Kenyan. We want Tuju to be advised and his property salvaged so that he can move on. They are trying to introduce the name of former President Uhuru Kenyatta into their cheap politics,” he said.
On Monday, the Wiper leader and leader of Azimio La Umoja was driven to the police station after he agreed with the arresting officers that he would be delivered to the facility. Kalonzo stayed at the police station for hours, condemned the police harassment of Tuju, and demanded justice for the former Rarieda MP.
Tuju disappeared on Saturday night after he had reported to Karen Police Station on Friday that he was being trailed by an unmarked vehicle. Tuju reappeared on Monday and told the press that he had sought refuge at a home near Kiambu to evade his trailers. However, police arrested Tuju on Monday evening over what they claimed was giving false information to the police.
At the police station, Tuju developed medical complications and was treated briefly before being transferred to Karen Hospital. On Tuesday, the police failed to charge him in court after he developed further complications and had to be rushed to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The police charge sheet read: “On the 21st day of March 2026 at Entim Sidai Spa and Wellness Sanctuary in Karen within Lang’ata sub-county, [he] informed Purity Kobia, a person employed in public service as the OCS Karen Police Station, that he had been traced by unknown assailants and later abducted—information he knew to be false and intended to be acted upon by the same officer.”
Tuju recently wrote to the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, seeking his intervention over the continued occupation of his business premises by the police. Tuju said it was wrong for the police to continue occupying his premises without any court order or documents, noting that businesses in the facility continue to suffer huge losses.
“With utmost humility, may I seek your kind and gracious intervention as the Inspector General? In the middle of the night on 13th March 2026, a contingent of over 100 policemen raided Dari Business Park with an inordinate number of police vehicles. They had no court order. Until this morning, the police are still occupying the Business Park. They are waiting for ‘instructions from above.’ There is no documentation or explanation from any police officer,” he wrote.
Tuju said the police should allow the tenants to access the facility even if they deny him entry into the premises.
“I request that while you have all the brute power of force to stop me personally from gaining access, the tenants running legitimate businesses should be allowed to get items like laptops from their offices,” he wrote.
Tuju said he was yet to get any verbal or written confirmation from the police regarding the continued stay at his premises.
“Not even a verbal explanation. We are witnessing an amazing Hollywood-style ‘playing deaf’ response. Besides all the above, may I, with all the respect I can fathom, request that you address the following issues that should not be associated with our police force, ‘Utumishi kwa Wote,” he wrote.
Tuju stated that businesses on the premises continue to incur huge losses as they cannot access the facility.
“Your officers have been occupying the Dari Business Park for the last 6 days. The 24 tenants, including the Tamarind restaurant, continue to incur huge losses. Professionals like lawyers have not been able to remove vital files and laptops from their offices. Even the politest requests from professionals seeking to get documents from private offices under police supervision or escort have been met with rudeness at worst or silence at best,” he wrote.
Tuju asked the Inspector General of Police to explain why the police raided his premises at night when they did not have any court documents.
“Some of the police vehicles that came for the 2:40 a.m. raid removed their vehicle number plates and identification of the police station they originated from. As a civilized country, we need a professional police force. Many of the policemen wore balaclava masks,” he wrote.
He said he was looking forward to a response from Kanja on the issues he raised.
“I look forward to your response that is defined by the compassion and humanity affecting professionals and hundreds of employees who are caught in the middle of your fantastic display of power,” he wrote.
