The fight over the estate of late former Vice President Kijana Wamalwa (Pictured Above) has finally been put to an end with each of the five kids getting 10.4 acres.
The biggest beneficiary in the divide is Derek Mboya who had faced opposition from some of his siblings since he was not Wamalwa’s biological son and therefore should not be given any share of the Late Wamalwa’s property.
The High Court decision said all the five children -Alice Muthoni, Derek Mboya, Jabali Jacob Ravn, Michelle Nafula and William Wamalwa – were recognized as the dependents and were given an equal share to each
From the decision, a residential house in Kitale that sits on 3.34 acres will be shared between all of the five children with each getting 0.668 of an acre.
The same will apply to other properties in Kitale, Trans Nzoia, and Saboti with each child getting an equal share.
Only one of the Wamalwa’s property that was not shared between the kids – the Karen matrimonial home.
Back in April 2015, the court made several orders, one of which was that the public trustee should take over and manage the Karen estate.
Since no one alerted the public trustee of his appointment to manage the estate, the judge directed the deputy registrar to formally serve the public trustee with the ruling and also serve him with a notice to attend court when further direction shall be taken in the matter.
Wamalwa’s children have been battling in court over who should manage the Karen estate and what each of them should get.
At the center of the battle is the Karen home that was partly paid by the government after the death of Wamalwa.
At the time of his death, Wamalwa only paid Sh19.5 million and the balance of Sh31.9 million was cleared by the Kenyan government.
Wamalwa’s widow, Yvonne said the Karen home was not part of Kijana Wamalwa’s estate. And in her will, Yvonnes bequeathed the house to her daughter Michelle Nafula “ChiChi” and son Dereck Mboya.
The decision to leave for Derek part of the house never sat well with Wamalwa’s eldest daughter Alice Muthoni who obtained a court order placing a caveat on the house.
According to Muthoni, Derek was not Wamalwa’s biological son and should not be the beneficiary of the estate.
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Muthoni claimed Derek’s father was still alive and is a man of means “from a reputable family of Tom Mboya”, and his mother was only using him to expand her stakes in the estate.
Wamalwa’s kins were also fighting over two apartments at Akila I Estate along Mbagathi Road in Nairobi, 40 acres in Trans Nzoia, and 3.8 acres in Milimani, Kitale.
Listed as beneficiaries of Wamalwa’s estates are Yvonne, Michelle, Derek, Muthoni, Jacob Jabali, William Samuel Wamalwa, and William Wamalwa Junior.
