The deluxe estate of West Kenya Sugar Company nobleman Rai in Kakamega Town was deconstructed.

Yesterday, Jaswant Singh Rai, the chairman of West Kenya Sugar Company, experienced a blow when his luxurious residence and rental property in Kakamega town were razed to make room for the government’s affordable housing project.

At 7 am, police officers and bulldozers surrounded the house in the gated Milimani subdivision of Kakamega’s State Lodge neighborhood to serve the landlord with a seven-day notice of eviction, dated September 6.

During his most recent visit to the region in September, President Ruto officially opened the affordable housing project for Kakamega in the Milimani estate.

Rai obtained the developed land as a result of purchasing the West Kenya Sugar Company from Sunil Patel, Bikkhu Patel’s successor. Kanu gave the land to former cabinet minister Joshua Angatia, who then sold it to Bikkhu, who developed it.

The rental units of retired land valuer Odongo Kabita in Kakamega Municipality’s Milimani Block 2 were earlier destroyed by bulldozers. The Kakamega High Court is now hosting twelve civil lawsuits contesting the demolitions.

Samson Macharia, the Western Regional Commissioner, informed PD yesterday that the demolition will proceed following the expiration of the seven-day notice. A few people have filed a legal challenge against the eviction notices. However, the practice will go on.

After the demolition of the business mogul’s opulent home on an adjacent complex, two tortoises, a python, and a judge of the Kakamega High Court—who had been Rai’s tenant—must now find a new place to live.

Just in time to avoid unwanted public attention, Rai’s agents on the site took the tortoises and the snake away to safety before prying officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) arrived.