Former radio presenter and journalist Ciku Muiruri has named a group of armed men of violently attacking her family at their coffee farm in Thika, Kiambu County, during a disputed eviction that left her assaulted and nearly raped.
According to Muiruri, more than 200 men descended on the property at approximately 3am on October 12, 2026, forcing their way into the family home, confiscating mobile phones to prevent residents from seeking help, and destroying household furniture and electronics.
She claims that several family members, including children, were assaulted during the operation, while her 80-year-old mother was forced out of her home. The family has since been living in a tent on the property as the men accused of carrying out the eviction reportedly remain on the farm despite court orders suspending the exercise.
The confrontation has raised serious questions about the use of court processes to settle land disputes after Muiruri disclosed that the eviction was carried out under orders obtained from the Business Premises Rent Tribunal, even though the property is a residential home situated on a coffee farm rather than a commercial tenancy.
She has identified AbdiRashid Abdul Shariff and Lucas Kaguamba, whom she describes as the owner of Ngoigwa ThikaView Apartments, among those she accuses of involvement in the attack, linking the dispute to Floriculture Ltd.
Muiruri has also questioned the conduct of senior police officers in Thika, including the OCPD and DCIO, whom she accuses of failing to enforce subsequent court orders or arrest those responsible for the violence.
Her account raises questions about how a tribunal that had previously dismissed an eviction case against her could issue fresh orders affecting the same property, and why police have allegedly allowed the occupation to continue despite being served with a stay order.
Former media personality Ciku Muiruri was assaulted and almost raped when more than two hundred armed goons raided her family home on a coffee farm in Thika in the early hours of 12 October 2026, acting on an eviction order issued by the Business Premises Rent Tribunal against a person, who is not even a tenant and land that is not business premises.
The raid took place at 3am. The men seized phones from family members so that no one could call for help, destroyed furniture and electronics, and assaulted residents, including under-age children.
The eighty-year-old matriarch of the household and her children have since been forced to live in a tent on the farm while the same group remains on the land, its leader armed with pistols, under the continued presence of police officers who had been served with a stay order.
Ciku Muiruri has said she was attacked by AbdiRashid Abdul Shariff, Lucas Kaguamba, owner of Ngoigwa ThikaView apartments, all working under Floriculture Ltd. She also pointed fingers at the OCPD and DCIO of Thika, who have ignored court orders for one and a half weeks, and has noted that the man who attacked her is still roaming the property freely with no arrests made.
The first reference was filed on 9 April 2026. By 16 April, Hon. Mike Makori of the Business Premises Rent Tribunal had issued eviction orders ex parte. The premises are a coffee farm with a residential house in which Ciku Muiruri occupies a bedroom in her mother’s house. She is a journalist, not a businesswoman, and she conducts no business on the land.
A stay was obtained from Hon. Joyce Osodo. A tribunal member, Hon. Gad Kipkirui Chemoiyai, later lifted that stay, again ex parte. After a complaint to the Judiciary Ombudsman, the Chairman of the Tribunal heard the matter and ruled that the premises were not business premises, that Ciku Muiruri was not a tenant of any kind, and that the purported landlord had deceived the tribunal. On 17 September 2026 he dismissed the reference and ordered Floriculture Ltd to pay Kshs. 200,000 in costs.
One week later, on 24 September 2026, Floriculture Ltd filed a fresh reference at the same tribunal. On 5 October 2026 Hon. Joyce Osodo issued a second set of eviction orders ex parte, despite the Chairman’s earlier ruling. The night raid followed on 12 October. The order had not been verified. Police assistance had not been obtained. The Thika Security Committee had not sat.
After the raid, the Chairman again stayed the eviction orders. The stay was served on the OCPD, DCI, OCS and AP head at Thika, all of whom were present on the ground. Requests were made for the arrest of the men for forcible entry, robbery with violence, assault occasioning grievous harm and malicious destruction of property.
The OCPD was asked why the entire family was being removed when the unverified order named only Ciku Muiruri. Shots were fired into the air in the presence of the lawyer serving the stay.
Police remain on the ground. The stay orders are in force. Construction continues among the coffee bushes. The phones taken during the raid have not been recovered. Complaints to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have not produced arrests.
The tribunal has not explained how a second ex-parte eviction order was issued against a non-tenant after the first had already been dismissed with costs. The police who received the stay have not explained why the goons who entered the house at 3am remain on the land
Additional reporting by- Source