End of an Era: Gold Scammer Chris Obure Evicted From His Senteu Plaza Building Office

Gold scammer Chrisantus Philip Okeyo Obure, popularly known as Chris Obure, was evicted yesterday from his Senteu Plaza Building offices along Galana Road in Nairobi, following an escalating dispute over tenancy.

Sources close to the matter revealed that Obure, who operates gold dealership firm Jet Spa and SBS Dunhill East Africa from the upscale property, was forced to vacate the premises after a prolonged legal battle with the building’s legitimate owners.

The eviction comes barely four months after Obure was charged with forgery and fraud at the Milimani Law Courts.

Chris Obure.

According to court records from January 28, Obure had been accused of presenting fake documents to defraud foreign investors of millions while falsely claiming ownership of Senteu Plaza.

“The eviction is the culmination of ongoing investigations into Mr. Obure’s business operations at the property,” said a police source who requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the case.

During his January court appearance, prosecutors alleged that between 2017 and 2024, Obure had forged a board resolution from a company trading as AC and Others Limited, using it to convince unsuspecting investors that he owned Senteu Plaza.

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) established that he had used the forged documents to lure foreigners into fraudulent deals.

The businessman had been released on a cash bail of Ksh 200,000 with a personal contact, or an alternative bond of Ksh 500,000 with one surety.

Speaking to Kenya Insights, a tenant at Senteu Plaza who witnessed the eviction described the scene as “tense” as Obure’s belongings were thrown out from the office space.

“Security was tight during the whole process. There’s been speculation about the legitimacy of his operations here for months, so many tenants weren’t surprised when it happened,” said the witness.

This is not Obure’s first brush with the law. In recent years, he has faced multiple legal challenges, including a firearms case from which he was acquitted in November 2022. An ongoing murder inquest where he’s a prime suspect in the murder of his partner Kelvin Omwenga and a string of gold scamming related cases in different courts in the country.

And more recently, the Assets Recovery Agency secured a ruling allowing the government to seize Ksh 18 million from two private jet leasing firms linked to Obure, following investigations into suspected international money laundering.