Lawyer Gibson Kuria seeks police protection after armed goons raid his home, put up fence

Senior Counsel of the High Court of Kenya Dr. Gibson Kuria Kamau has written to the Inspector General of Police seeking protection for himself, his family as well as his property following an alleged invasion of his residential home by unknown assailants on Friday.

Dr. Kuria explained that, while in court handling a client’s case, he received communication from his family informing him that a group of rowdy youth armed with machetes had stormed his home.

The youth reportedly also had building materials like poles, cement, as well as iron sheets and had gotten into his one acre piece of land and were already at work fencing off part of his home in Karen, Nairobi.

“We may be the latest of numerous victims of invasions of property which are taking place in the country as described at page 7 of the issue of the Daily Nation of 12th April, even so, under Section 24 of the National Police Service Act, one of the function of the police is to protect life and property” read part of Dr. Kuria’s letter to the IG.

The advocate maintained that it is within philosophic context that the invasions of the private property should be viewed and stopped before they reach dangerous proportions.

“We may be the latest of numerous victims of invasions of property which are taking place in the country as described at page 7 of the issue of the Daily Nation of 12th April, even so, under section 24 of the National Police Service Act, one of the function of the police is to protect life and property” read part of Dr. Kuria’s letter to the Inspector General of the police.

The learned advocate maintained that it is within philosophic context that the invasions of the private property should be viewed and stopped before they reach dangerous proportions.

“We have a title deed to the property and we have been having our home in this property since 2009, for 14 years, and this is the first time that the invasion of this kind is taking place.” added Dr. Kuria.

According to an eyewitness, the group of fierce young men who trespassed the property said they were sent by a businessman who claimed that the plot is his inheritance from a ‘Mzungu’ who gifted him the property in a will.

They said that the men had some documents among them, which looked like a title deed and a will.

It took the neighbours’ intervention for the men to leave the property, however leaving behind some building materials and making a promise to return properly.

The matter has since been reported to Hardy Police Station in Karen.