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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