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Don’t be intimidated: How to deal with your rogue landlord

A huge number of complaints filed at the Business Premise Rent Tribunal by tenants reporting harassment by landlords reveal the reality of the unevenness in the relationship between the landlord and a tenant in Kenya.

Unjustifiable rent increment, verbal abuse, threats, utilities cut off and improper waste disposal are just but a few of the problems city tenants are faced with in the hands of rogue landlords.

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