The proprietor of Remera based HOTEL TECH investment worth Rwf 76M is crying foul following 10-days ultimatum issued demanding him to vacate the place.
HOTEL TECH property is currently attached as collateral in a Gacaca case waiting to be publicly auctioned and the returns from which shall be used to compensate 1994 genocide survivors whose loved ones were killed in the same area.
The Prime location of the HOTECH TECH property has attracted several potential bidders just waiting to seize the public auction opportunity.
The hotel proprietor Pascal Ndahiro says that the ultimatum forcing him out is illegal. He claims he has been given 10 days yet the matter is still in the court.
“I have no problem vacating the place.However, the issue the authorities are ignoring is the investment put in and little time they are giving as if I am a criminal,” Ndahiro decried.
“How do you close this business in just 10 days? And actually 10 days they gave me over the weekend have not elapsed. Basically they are closing me down in two days,” Ndahiro added.
Information reaching IGIHE.com investigative desk indicates that on January 17, 2012 employees of the HOTEL TECH formerly known as Total protested when Remera sector authorities came with police to close down the place.
“Some of us stay here, we also need our payment. This is the manager’s address if you close and he is gone we are afraid where we will get him?” One of the employees said prefering annonymity asked the Remera sector executive secretary who had come to calm down the situation.
Willy Ndizeye the Gasabo District Mayor told IGIHE.com by his cell phone that HOTEL TECH proprietor was notified in time and that they have followed all legal procedures to ask him vacate the premises.
“Different personnel representing different relevant institutions came up with a conclusion of which he is also aware. He was given a first notification on December 2, 2011 ,” Gasabo Mayor disclosed.
“He has not shown acceptance or the willingness to leave the place. The 10 days he complains of comes as the last warning where we have to use force to make him vacate the place,” Ndizeye added.
“After he has surrendered the premises, public auction will follow and the money worth his investment will be put on an account provided by the commercial court and then he will be refunded his investment,” The Mayor said.
However, Ndahiro does not believe it is the right way arguing that public auction can be done while he is still occupying the place as he prepares himself to leave.
“I don’t reject to surrender the premises but let them consider my side too, something is fishy about this whole thing, when I talk to them they tell me they are under pressure from president’s office,” Ndahiro said.
“This makes the whole thing suspicious, I don’t believe president’s office can intervene in this issue at all, yet the matter was still in the court. Why can’t they be patient and wait for the court ruling and I go well without pushing me out as if I am a criminal,” He added.
Genesis
Pascal Ndahiro is a tennant at the property that allegedly entered a contract with the owner untill 2014.
He also claims harassment and mistreatment by the authorities who had ordered him to vacate the place on 24th December at the peak days for business in the festive seasons.
When he was asked to vacate the premises, the issue ended up at a commercial court since the owner did not show concern to pay him back the amount he had paid for rent neither does the prospective buyer show intention to refund him money he had invested.
It is said that the son of the owner William Kamalo was paid the first installment worth Rwf 50m of the total cost of Rwf 180m agreed.
The son is said to be on run after his father was found guilty of 1994 Genocide and arrested and imprisoned.
Alex Bayingana the owner of Alpha Palace Hotel, Remera is said to have emerged as the potential buyer and that is allegedly exerting pressure through authorities to force out the current tennant.
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