Uproar as Video of Landlord Removing a mother’s roof over 6k Rent Arrears Goes Viral.
Uproar as Video of Landlord Removing a mother’s roof over 6k Rent Arrears Goes Viral: a video posted by content creator, Priscilla wa Imani, the embattled tenant who is a mother was recorded serving food to her kids inside a house without a roof.
Priscilla highlighted that the mother was living in poverty, as the children sometimes slept hungry. Her situation is bad that she couldn’t even afford tea leaves, forcing her offspring to drink hot water and sugar for breakfast.
In her miserable state of living, the mother decided to always excluding herself from eating the little food she acquired daily.
Priscilla Posed,“We need to talk to the landlord and sort this issue, but we can’t reach him.With this Nairobi weather, it might rain any day. What will happen to the kids?”
According to the Rent Restrictions Act in the Kenyan Constitution, Tenants have a 30 days right before they are evicted from the house.
The Act reads,”In the absence of any provision to the contrary in the contract of tenancy, for this Act, it shall be deemed to be the obligation of the landlord of any premises to maintain and keep the premises in a state of good structural repair and in a condition suitable for human habitation.”
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