Welcome to RUMI!

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Rumi Limited’s Website, located at rumi.co.ke.
By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use RUMI if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: “Client”, “You” and “Your” refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company’s terms and conditions. “The Company”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us”, refers to our Company. “Party”, “Parties”, or “Us”, refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services, under and subject to, prevailing law of Kenya . Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to the same.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing RUMI, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the Rumi Limited’s Privacy Policy.
Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user’s details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

License

Unless otherwise stated, Rumi Limited and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on RUMI. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from RUMI for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.
You must not:

  • Republish material from RUMI
  • Sell, rent or sub-license material from RUMI
  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from RUMI
  • Redistribute content from RUMI

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange information in certain areas of the website. Rumi Limited does not filter, edit, publish, or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of Rumi Limited, its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Rumi Limited shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

Rumi Limited reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.
You warrant and represent that:
You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;

  • The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party;
  • The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
  • Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
  • Comments do not propagate or promote negative political/racial stances or ideologies

You hereby grant Rumi Limited a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce, and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Roommates

RUMI is intended for people who are at least 18 years old and need to find a roommate for a shared living unit. Persons under the age of 18 are prohibited from creating Roommates accounts.

You affirm that you are either at least 18 years of age, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms, and to abide by and comply with these Terms. In addition, you affirm that you have not been convicted of a crime and do not have more than one Roommate account. You affirm that you are not a landlord or other apartment owner or lessor who is attempting to rent a space to anyone other than someone who wants to share your living unit with you.

We may, in our sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity. We may, without notice and in our sole discretion, terminate your right to use the Services, or any portion thereof, and block or prevent your future access to and use of the Services or any portion thereof. You shall not post any pornographic or nudity pictures on your profile.

Rumi is not liable for any criminal acts, fraud, or experiences that users may encounter on our website with other users. Beware that our website offers a service to diverse people, before settling on a roommate here are some of the precautions you can take :

  • Meet in a public setting/ virtual meeting, or go with a friend to meet your new roommate
  • Look for Social media accounts, they may help guide you
  • Ask for references
  • Follow your instincts
  • Create a lease agreement

While these precautions may assist, RUMI does not guarantee they will. If you feel unsafe or a victim of fraud or criminal acts, please do not hesitate to report the account to us and we will liaise with the police to assist you if any criminal act has occurred.

Properties

Rumi is not liable for any real estate fraud or criminal acts with regard to property management, property rental/vacation, and property sale. Rumi only acts as a third party in advertising properties and connects clients to buyers. While we vet properties submitted on our website, we cannot guarantee smooth transactions with the property owners/ agents.

Fees.

Generally. You may be required to pay fees to access certain features of the Services. All fees are non-refundable. If RUMI changes the fees for all or part of the Services, including by adding fees or charges, RUMI will provide you advance notice of those changes. If you do not accept the changes, RUMI will discontinue providing the applicable part of the Services to you. You authorize RUMI to charge all fees as described in these Terms of Use for the Services you select to that payment method. If you pay any fees with a credit card. Please not RUMI does not store payment information

Hyperlinking our content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies;
  • Search engines;
  • News organizations;
  • Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
  • System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Website.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

  • commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources/ community sites;
  • associations or other groups representing charities;
  • online directory distributors;
  • internet portals;
  • accounting, law and consulting firms; and
  • educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Rumi Limited; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.
If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to Rumi Limited. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.
Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name; or
  • By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
  • By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of Rumi Limited’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Your Privacy

Please read Privacy Policy

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Web Pages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Content Liability

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on our Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that are rising on our Website. No link(s) should appear on RUMI Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and it’s linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.
We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

  • limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury; 
  • limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; 
  • limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
  • exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.
This Agreement is effective on 2020-12-01