By Reporter
Former Cabinet Minister Raphael Tuju wants the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to remove police officers stationed at the Dari Business Park to allow the tenants access to the facility.
In his letter dated April 13, 2026, Tuju has sought the intervention of Kanja for the removal of the officers at the premises and to allow the tenants to access the facility and reduce huge losses being incurred.
He said the recent High Court order directed “that pending the hearing and determination of this application, there shall be an order preserving the substratum of the dispute, and accordingly, there shall be no sale, transfer, assignment, alienation, charge, lease, disposal, or in any manner whatsoever dealing with the title and/or ownership of the suit property until further orders of the court.”
Tuju said it was wrong for the police to continue occupying his premises without any court order or documents, and 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 of 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 the offices,” he wrote in his first letter.
Tuju said businesses in 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 their private offices under police supervision or escort have been stopped by rudeness at worst or silence at best,” he wrote.
