The Eldoret High Court is expected to rule on a disputed will involving the late Uasin Gishu politician and farmer Jackson Kibor’s multi-billion shilling inheritance.
Justice Reuben Nyakundi is set to rule on whether the will should be forensically examined to verify its legitimacy.
The disputed will has splintered the tycoon’s family, with some family members questioning the document’s legality, while the deceased’s younger wife, Eunita Kibor, supports the will.
Through their team of 10 lawyers among them Ken Maiyo and Nixon Koitui, the 29 objectors, had asked the court to make a ruling on the authenticity of the contested Will purported to have been drafted and signed by their late father before his demise.
Lawyer Maiyo brought to the attention of the court that one of the parties in the disputed Will has refused to comply with the court orders which barred her from interfering, misusing or disposing of some of the assets left behind by the late tycoon until the issue of the disputed will is heard and determined.
The children of the late Kibor and his two widows have challenged the validity of his Will in court and want the court to issue orders preserving the deceased’s Ksh.16 billion vast estates before any distribution if done.
Before his death the late Kibor had appointed Eldoret based lawyer Bundotich Korir and his younger wife Eunita Kibor who is at the centre of the succession case as the executors of his will.
In the application that has split the family unit, the objectors say they believe the signature in the document was a forgery and want the document to be subjected to a forensic examination expert to settle the matter once and for all.
