Kisumu governor Anyang Nyong’o. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Summary
- Kisumu governor Anyang Nyong’o says kin taking advantage of his position to claim late father’s property.
- The governors’ father, Hesbon Shimei Nyong’o, died on November 10, 2006, without leaving a will.
- Prof Nyong’o said his nephews were neither dependants nor beneficiaries of his father’s estate in line with Section 29 of the Succession Act.
Kisumu governor Anyang Nyong’o has escalated the fight against
his nephews over the sharing of the multi-million property left behind
by his father.
Prof Nyong’o told the court Monday that
the nephews are opportunists taking advantage of him being in an elected
position to demand more.
Geoffrey Omondi Nyong’o and
Kenneth Odhiambo Okuthe, accused the governor and his sister, Nyagoy
Nyong’o, of excluding them from the list of beneficiaries of their
grandfather’s estate whose current valuation is nearly Sh500 million.
“The
instant belated application by my nephews is calculated to embarrass
and extort me, now that I am the elected governor of Kisumu County,”
said Prof Nyong’o in his response to the suit.
The governors’ father, Hesbon Shimei Nyong’o, died on November 10, 2006, without leaving a will.
Prof
Nyong’o said his nephews were neither dependants nor beneficiaries of
his father’s estate in line with Section 29 of the Succession Act.
“I
believe that having taken parental responsibility of the applicants and
adopted them as my own children, they cannot claim from the estate of
our father neither can they inherit from me when I am still alive,” he
said.
The estate includes flats on Jogoo Road in
Nairobi, 100-acre piece of land in Miwani and prime plots at Manyatta
and Milimani estates in Kisumu. It also includes land in Muhoroni and
Seme in Kisumu as well as cash in Cent Sacco Society.
The
land was valued at Sh200 million seven years ago and the nephews told
the court that the list could grow further once Prof Nyong’o is
compelled to declare his father’s entire estate.
In an
affidavit sworn on February 28, Prof Nyong’o painted the applicants as
“ungrateful” having helped them in many ways despite their indiscipline
and “criminal” tendencies.
Prof
Nyong’o and his sister claim Mr Okuthe was sent to several schools
including an approved school in Thika due to indiscipline and that as an
adult he lived a life of crime.
“He was recently shot
by the police near Namanga while evading a roadblock and subsequently
arrested for an alleged crime,” said Dr Nyagoy.
Mr
Omondi is described as having been expelled from three schools including
St Peters Mumias School for abusing drugs, Highway Secondary as a day
scholar and Maseno School where he was suspended twice and eventually
expelled.
“The applicants despite being adults and
despite having been taken care of by Prof Nyong’o including assisting Mr
Okuthe and Mr Omondi and their spouses secure jobs, they have not been
of help to him or their grandmother who has been chronically ill,” said
Dr Nyagoy.
Justice Tripsisa Cherere set the hearing of the case on April 16.
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