Economy

Siblings sue MP over sharing of father’s estate

DN

Keiyo North MP James Murgor. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Keiyo North MP James Murgor has been accused by his siblings of denying them part of a property worth millions of shillings left by their father who died in 2006.

Their father, William Murgor, was a renowned Kalenjin politician and long-time MP for Kerio Central. He left behind a vast estate that comprises acres of land and prime plots in Eldoret and Iten towns.

However, the Keiyo North MP is facing accusations from some of his sisters who have said in court that they had been sidelined in the distribution of the wealth.

The hearing of the case filed by Enid Cheptanui Murgor, a daughter of the late Murgor, started at the Eldoret High Court before Judge Hellen Omondi on Tuesday. According to documents presented in court, he died from Alzheimers disease on September 28, 2006 aged 87.

He was married to five wives - Ms Soti Murgor who had five children, three of whom are deceased, Rosa Kimoi Murgor (nine children), Rosalina Murgor, (six), Anna Murgor (eight but one deceased) and Philomena Murgor (one).