Wow. This can be a tough one, especially if the tenant knows he can cause you pain. I'm curious to know what solutions people have for this.

i know of a guy called Murefu. he's and expert un kicking those buggers out. Fees, equivalent of two months rent.

the auctioneer idea was a bad one considering that you had given the notice a month earlier,maybe something is bugging him and his new bar talk now involves "you" as part f the problem..i am not saying that he is planning to take care of you but if possible, find out the auctioneers fees, its kidogo,pay them,let the tenant have his plasma back and he will leave..that i can bet..but as long as he knows that you are holding his plasma which he bought at 110k and you gave a value of 7k..he is cooking something

If the KPLC/Nairobi Water account is in your name talk to them to disconnect the power and water. Then cause a scene at his place for a few days.
If it does not work go his place of work and cause another scene.
Alternatively, why don't you talk to the guy and reach an understanding. Sometimes tenants will fail to pay coz they are disgruntled about something.

With eviction of a tenant you shall need a court order. It wont take so long to do more so given that you have a written agreement and you did give the notice to vacate. In most cases the tenant will take off as soon as he gets a letter from your lawyer telling him if he does not vacate you shall go to court and ask for costs as well.

The alternative is to keep on sending the auctioneer to attach as soon as he defaults on rent. He will not last two or three auctioneer attachments before he takes off of his own volition.

If you try to forcefully evict him or lock him out it might work but if he decides to fight back you may have to sell your house to carter for damages and legal costs. So it is a risk you might take but would not recommend.

my issue would be a shoe on the other foot,
in august we got an inflated bill of 82000kshs which was revised to 11000shs we each contributed and paid it off (house comprises main house and bedsitter)the payment was in addition to the normal monthly bills then come november we got another for 5000shs, we were livid and refused to pay the sum, the landlord doesnt want to hear about our issue, we however paid the december bill which was within our normal consumption range.the power got disconnected and now the landlord hicked the rent and sent us vacation notice, he said our deposits will be used to clear the outstanding electricity bill,we paid half the bill of 2500shs but still there is a much higher balance of 7000shs that does not reflect in our normal bills,the electricity meter is not in our compound but the next house, our efforts to have the landlord tranfer the meter to our compound have hit a dead end.what can be done about this?

I think that this is not as easy as you may look at it, The law favours the tenant a lot as he is perceived to be the weaker party. I would advise you to be careful since you are dealing with a middle class tenant who obviously has access to legal channels/redress. Watch out as the guy may be waiting for one stupid move and he pounces. Also take note that The one month notice is no longer effective since you accepted the subsequent month's rent thus it has been overtaken by events. Consider the option of having your lawyer serve him with the notice to avoid lagal loop holes,or dialogue. All the best in finding a solution

@ elder, The Landlord and Tenants Act, cap 302, Laws of kenya. Is that how u wanted me to put it?
Some times abbrev. is appreciated.

But the court will award the tenant damages. And they can be very high. You will be surprised at how imaginative tenants can get. They will mention the 500k they had in cash in the house, that plasma tv they never had but now they do, the very expensive sound system etc all the stuff that were either lost or damaged at the time of the unlawful act by the landlord.

And given that you would have been going to court 'till the chicken come home' the legal/lawyers costs would also be very high.

EDIT: Wendz beat me to it.

That's right @ elder. There's only one Act that deals with residential properties-The Rent Restriction Act.