A woman was on Saturday evening locked inside her two-roomed rental house with a sick 20-month-old baby over alleged rent arrears in Njoro subcounty, Nakuru. Rhoda Makoha’s other four children were housed by neighbours because they were locked outside their house as they played. Makoha said she locked herself in the house for fear of being thrown out, only for the agent to weld the door shut. “I have been paying my rent promptly for six years and I was hoping that the agent could consider that before kicking me out,” she said. Fred Kimani, a neighbour, said landlords and their agents should understand the current situation and be considerate to tenants who have been promptly paying rent.

Source: The Star July 12, 2020 20:19 UTC