There was drama at the Nakuru Law Courts on Wednesday, July 9, as Collins Kibet, grandson of former President Daniel Moi, was sentenced to two weeks in jail, just days after serving a two-day civil jail term.
While being whisked away, Kibet claimed that he had been suffering since his father passed on, and he had no one to help him despite asking for mercy.
In an emotional breakdown, he claimed that he had even begged for mercy from President William Ruto, without success, claiming no one had compassion for orphans anymore.
"I'm sick. I have tried. I have suffered since my father died. I don't live anywhere. I have asked for mercy. No one has mercy these days for an orphan. I have asked the president of this country to help me, but no one can help me," he shouted.
Kibet was appearing in court just two days after he was committed to civil jail for two days over contempt of court.
“I commit him to a civil jail term for two days, and we shall come back on Wednesday to give further directions on the issue," the Nakuru Principal Magistrate Kipkirui Kibelion said on Monday, July 7.
He had been arrested on Thursday, July 3, and spent the weekend in remand for contempt of court charges relating to a child support case filed by his estranged wife, Gladys Jeruto Tagi.
Earlier this year, he had been ordered by the same court to enrol his children at the Kabarak Schools and pay for their medical insurance scheme, which he failed to comply with, prompting the arrest.
This is the second time he has been arrested in relation to the case after he was previously arrested in September 2024 and sentenced to seven days in prison for disobeying previous court orders to pay child support.
At the time, Principal Magistrate Kipkurui Kibelion directed his lawyers to compute all the outstanding amount of child support and serve the defence lawyers within three days.
Before his eventual arrest in Ong'ata Rongai, the police had been searching for him for seven months.
Kibet's estranged wife first filed the case in 2021, accusing him of failing to provide for the upkeep of their two children. Kibet had then claimed that he was broke and could not provide for his children's needs, as he was living off well-wishers.
