The late Nyeri governor Nderitu Gachagua’s two baby mamas were given a clean piece of advice regarding his Kshs2 billion estate.
The court faulted the two women for entirely depending on the estate in which their children are beneficiaries.
The children of the two women aged 12 and 7 were mentioned as beneficiaries of the property in the will and were entitled to 5% and 2% shares respectively.
The women had moved to court seeking the removal of lawyer Njoroge Regeru as the executor of the will, claiming that he had neglected the two children and they were on the verge of dropping out of school.
Justice Lydia Achode told the women that they had equal responsibilities over their children’s responsibility and that they should not fully depend on the estate that was left behind by the late governor.
“They should be alive to the fact that the person who worked and maintained these minors in a certain standard of life has long since died and the applicants must learn to cut their coat according to the cloth at hand,” the Judge said.
The court was informed that the late governor sired the two minors out of wedlock in 2009 and 2015. It also emerged that the women have so far received Kshs15 million between 2017 and 2021 as school fees and upkeep, even though it was not planned in the will.
“It must also be remembered that there are other beneficiaries in the estate and they are yet to receive any payment on their part,” the Judge noted.
She also said that the two women failed to show how a Ksh2.8milion payment as gratuity from the County Government of Nyeri was utilized, especially to cater for school fees that are in arrears.
“In any event, they have not demonstrated that they would be better managers of Gachagua’s estate,” the judge Achode added.
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