Nominated Senator Hezena Lemaletian faces the potential auction of her household goods after auctioneers stepped in to enforce a court decree stemming from a unpaid landscaping contract.
Viewline Auctioneers served the senator with a formal proclamation after securing warrants to execute a court judgment. The action aims to recover Ksh 447,823.77 awarded to contractor Silas Thuranira Muturia, trading as Simut Logistics, following the dismissal of Lemaletian’s High Court appeal.
The proclamation, issued on July 27, 2026, lists attached household assets, including sofa sets, televisions, a refrigerator, a microwave oven, a coffee table and chairs, a sound system, gas cylinders, carpets, a washing machine, a water dispenser, and window curtains. The notice warns that auctioneers may attach additional movable property, including vehicles, to satisfy the full decretal sum.
The legal battle originates from landscaping services delivered at the senator’s residence between April and June 2023. The contractor filed a suit at the Milimani Small Claims Court, alleging non-payment for ground levelling, excavation, cabro paving, retaining wall construction, staircase installation, flower planting, and building a outdoor fireplace.
While acknowledging the engagement, Lemaletian defended her withholding of payment by alleging poor workmanship. She claimed the retaining wall collapsed shortly after installation, the staircase required rebuilding, the fireplace remained unfinished, and specified tasks were omitted entirely. She further argued that rectifying the defects forced her to buy extra materials and incur secondary costs.
The Small Claims Court ruled in favor of the contractor, observing that the senator failed to file a formal counterclaim or plead a legal set-off against the invoiced balance. The High Court later upheld the verdict, declaring that Muturia substantiated his claim using valid contracts and invoices and ruling that unpleaded claims of extra expenses could not legally defeat the established debt.
With accrued interest and execution expenses bringing the debt to Ksh 447,823.77, the statutory notice period gives Lemaletian a final window to clear the balance before auctioneers seize and sell the attached items via public auction.
The contractor has also separately applied to recover an additional Ksh 224,000 in party-and-party legal costs incurred during the High Court appeal proceedings.
