Political activist Morara Kebaso has posted before-and-after photos of a house he says he built for the parents of his estranged wife, Mercy Makini, claiming he replaced their old mud-and-iron-sheet home with a modern brick house.
The images, shared on his social media platforms, show a clay-walled structure with a rusty tin roof next to a newly built single-story brick house featuring a red roof, large windows, and a raised entrance.
Morara claims he personally managed the entire project, hiring the workers and sourcing materials himself. He named Joshua from Kisii as foreman, Sammy from Nyeri as head fundi, and Andrew from Kakamega as plumber, and said he sourced roofing from Ruiru, tiles from KEDA, and gypsum work from a separate contractor.
The aspiring politician said he travelled to Kisii almost weekly to supervise construction, saying, “I built it up from foundation to finish and furnished it.”
Morara also claims that when he first met Mercy, her parents were already living in the old house—and that he chose to build for them before building a house for his own parents.
A pointed message amid public fallout
The reveal lands in the middle of a messy, very public falling-out between Morara and Mercy, who have been trading accusations on social media since their separation.
Morara appeared to use the house as evidence in his own defense, asking why men who support their partners’ families rarely get credit for it. He also said he backed Mercy’s business financially and pushed back at critics questioning where his resources came from.
The claims have sparked heavy online discussion, much of it centered on Morara’s assertion that he prioritized his in-laws’ home over his own parents’.
The caveat
Mercy has responded publicly to Morara’s account of the support he provided her family, though the specifics of her rebuttal are part of the broader back-and-forth between the two.
