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THE RUTO HAND IN TUJU’S FALL: How a President-Linked Petroleum Baron Walked Away With Sh3.5 Billion Karen Land for Sh450 Million
While the nation watched the spectacle of Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment on October 1, 2024, a firm controlled by a businessman with deep ties to President William Ruto’s orbit was quietly sealing the purchase of former Cabinet Secretary Raphael Tuju’s Sh3.5 billion Karen empire for a fraction of its value. What followed is a story of judicial suspense, a defiant land registrar, armed police at dawn, and a prime Nairobi property that changed hands under circumstances that have set the legal establishment ablaze.