Multi-decade court battles and sibling rivalries still dominate the succession landscape today, as heirs to billions of shillings worth of property fight for control. More often than not, it is a battle for large tracts of land.
The more than three-decade-long legal battle over the estate of former cabinet minister Mbiyu Koinange, who died in September 1981, was one such case. Other high-profile succession disputes involve the families of former cabinet ministers Njenga Karume and John Michuki.
