The former Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta Cabinet Minister and CS respectively has reportedly disappeared into thin air after a raft of activities surrounding his ownership of the high-end Dari hotel and park in Karen.
Tuju, a former broadcaster and owner of Ace Communications served as the Information, Tourism and Cabinet minister in Kibaki’s first cabinet primarily due to his personal links with the then NARC president Kibaki.
It was during his tenure that KANU was kicked out of KICC following an executive order signed by Tuju on instructions of then Mt. Kenya maffia viz Materere Keriri, Kiraitu Murungi, Chris Murungaru, Martha Karua and Daudi Mwiraria.
Tuju was ostensibly nominated to the Kibaki cabinet to slight Raila who was then a sworn political enemy of the then Rarieda Constituency MP.
In 2007, Tuju lost the seat owing to his close links with Kibaki’s PNU and remained in political boardrooms until President Kenyatta secured his second term in 2017.
He was appointed the first CS in Kenya’s history to represent a political party but effectively to fight the then DP William Ruto who had then fallen out with his boss Kenyatta.
Tuju was among three high-profile Uhuru men who stormed the BOMAS of Kenya in August 2022 to demand that Raila Odinga be declared the winner of the hotly contested presidential ballot.
Others were Major General Francis Ogola (now deceased) and the then head of civil service Joseph Kinyua.
When Raila and his Nyanza troops joined the broad-based government, Tuju become one of the key brokers completing another entry into the Kenya Kwanza government.
Trouble however did not stay away from him as EADB had already sanctioned the auction of his property over a commercial dispute that had stuck in court for over a decade.
By the time of his disappearance, the supreme court had sealed his fate.
Tuju’s personal life has also been in turmoil. His former bodyguard reportedly died under unclear circumstances following allegations of illicit affair with his wife. The wife has also since died.
Tuju runs the 100-acre ultra-modern hotel and conservancy in Karen from where he hosts high-profile international guests.
As a former CS, minister and high net worth person, the politician is entitled two bodyguards and VIP security.
Before his demise, former IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati had accused Tuju of coaxing him to declare Raila the winner of the 2022 elections
