Inside Molo MP Kuria Kimani's Sh10.5m Mercedes-Benz dispute

Molo MP Kimani Kuria. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A financial dispute involving an MP and a luxury vehicle company has spilled into the courts, exposing a tangled tale of unpaid debts, brushes with auctioneers and a potential loss by a city businessman. 

At the centre of the controversy is flashy Molo MP, Kuria Kimani, and a sleek 2015 Mercedes Benz S600 registration number KDK 650S, currently rebadged as a Maybach.  

Court documents and correspondence seen by The Standard show that the vehicle’s legal owner, Re-Lease Hire Purchase Limited, is fighting to reclaim it after the MP allegedly failed to pay a balance of Sh5.5 million. 

The saga began in June 2024 when Re-Lease sold the vehicle to a car dealer, Luxx Windsor Motors Limited, for Sh10.5 million.  

A sale agreement shows Luxx Windsor paid a Sh5 million deposit, with the balance due within seven days.  

According to a demand letter from Re-Lease, the MP then approached Luxx Windsor Motors, paid Sh5 million, and took possession of the car.  

The letter states the MP explained that his home had been “burnt down by youths” and he urgently needed a discreet vehicle to transport his family.  

In June 2024, angry youth stormed his home in Turi, burned down his palatial house, two vehicles and took off with hundreds of chicken.  

They were protesting Kimani’s support of the controversial Finance Bill. The MP has since rebuilt the house, christened ‘The White House’ by locals.  

Since Kimani took possession of the car, Re-Lease claims all efforts to recover the outstanding Sh5.5 million or the vehicle have “been futile.”  

They allege the MP has “failed, neglected, and/or refused to pay,” and that the car is now “kept and locked within his residence in Runda,” with access denied by armed guards. 

Re-Lease Hire Purchase Limited, through its lawyers Kinyanjui, Kirimi & Company Advocates, has moved to court and secured an interim injunction from the Milimani Commercial Magistrates Court.  

In a ruling delivered on September 15, 2025, Magistrate Thomas Nzyoki barred Luxx Windsor Motors and any other party from “selling, auctioning, alienating, transferring, disposing or interfering in any manner” with the vehicle, pending the hearing of the case. 

Simultaneously, the financier has instructed two auctioneering firms, Fantasy Auctioneers and Kindest Auctioneers, to recover the vehicle, citing their client’s status as the registered owner per the attached logbook. 

Attempts to get a comment from Kimani were unsuccessful as he did not pick calls or respond to messages.