Kenyan businessman Julius Mwale has been evicted from a multimillion-dollar estate in Alamo, California, after failing to pay rent and issuing a $450,000 cheque that bounced, U.S. court records show.
According to filings in Contra Costa County Superior Court (Case No. N24-2030), Mwale and his wife Kaila had leased the luxury property — along with two high-end cars, a Bentley and a Mercedes — in October 2021 from German firm MHF Holding Vier GmbH & Co. KG. Despite publicly portraying the estate as their own, they allegedly stopped paying rent in October 2024, also defaulting on utility and landscaping bills.
The landlord’s bid to recover arrears worth tens of thousands of dollars collapsed when the couple’s six-figure personal cheque was returned for insufficient funds. A court ruling authorised their eviction, which was carried out by the Contra Costa County Sheriff. Mwale, meanwhile, remained in Kenya, promoting his contested ventures, including the flagship Mwale Medical and Technology City in Kakamega County.
The revelations emerged via mid-July email exchanges between Utah musician-businessman Mat Shaw — a former plaintiff in a $1.7 million fraud suit against Mwale — and Kenyan media. Shaw described the case as “critical” in exposing what he called the Mwales’ “fraud and ponzi scheme,” saying he dropped his own suit earlier this year due to the couple’s insolvency.
The California eviction adds to years of allegations against Mwale, ranging from unpaid supplier bills to disputed claims of partnerships with global corporations. In U.S. property law, such a high-value eviction, particularly with a dishonoured cheque of this size, typically signals acute liquidity problems.
Mwale has not publicly addressed the U.S. ruling, leaving questions over how the judgment will affect his ability to court investors.
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