Hellon evicted from Runda house over rent

Controversial jazz musician and Finger of God Ministries leader Joseph Hellon, his wife and friends were on Friday morning evicted from a Runda house after allegedly failing to pay Sh600,000 in rent arrears.

Auctioneers in three trucks reportedly stormed the compound at around 10 a.m. and loaded household goods into the lorries and then drove off.

Only the watchman and the gardener were in the compound when the Sunday Nation visited on Saturday.

But contacted, Hellon denied they had been evicted, saying they decided to move to a more private area.

“We felt that our home had become too public and we needed to be less accessible,” he said. “We bought property in Kitisuru and Nyari and that is why we moved.”

Asked why he wants to be less accessible when he recently said, if elected president, he would offer sleepovers at State House, Hellon said he was working on their first baby and wanted the child raised away from the media.

A watchman at the compound, a Mr Kinyua, said: “Auctioneers came here and took household goods in three lorries. I was told it was because the couple owed the agent three months rent. Nothing was left in the house.”

The watchman, who earns Sh8,000, said the couple owed him three months’ pay.