Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o was on Thursday ordered by Kisumu Court to include his nephews and nieces as beneficiaries of his father’s Ksh200 Million estate.
The governor’s two nephews, Kenneth Okuthe and Geoffrey Omondi, had sued him and his sister Risper Nyagoy for leaving them out of the list of beneficiaries.
Justice Tripsisa Cherere instructed that all children belonging to their two sisters, who had passed on, be included as beneficiaries of his late father’s multimillion-shilling property.
Omondi, who is the eldest son of Prof. Nyong’o’s sister Judith Akoth, was raised by his grandfather Hesbon Shimei Nyong’o after his mother’s death.
Anyang’s other sister Margaret Awuor, who is Okuthe’s mother, died in 1994.
The court also nullified the letters of administration that gave the governor and his sister sole powers over the wealth.
They had been given authority over the estate by the area chief after the late Nyong’o died without a will.
In his defence, the governor painted his nephews as opportunists who wanted to take advantage of him, now that he had been elected governor.
The deceased's property includes 100 acres of land in Miwani and flats beside Jogoo road in Nairobi.
He also had parcels of land in Manyatta, Tamu, Milimani estate and East Rata in Seme Sub-County, Kisumu.
