The family of the late Nominated Member of Parliament, Philip Njoka Kamau, has moved to court as it fights over the control of the disputed multi-million property.
Elizabeth Wanjiku has sued her four stepmothers- arguing that they seized control of her mother's properties. Claiming that the properties in dispute belong to her late mother, Alice Kahaki, wanjiku now wants to reclaim the assets and distribute it among her siblings.
According to the daughter, her father unevenly distributed the property favouring the stepmothers in the process.
“I want to recover all my mother’s assets and distribute it among my six siblings,” she stated in court.
The properties in dispute include the Pinkam House, a funeral home, a slaughterhouse, several pieces of land and buildings in Nakuru's Kiambogo area, Rongai, Njoro, Bahati, Longonot, Embakasi, and Nanyuki.
Wanjiku also claimed that Ksh23 million are currently being held at a local bank. Court documents indicated that Pinkam house earned Ksh500,000 in rent every month in the early 2000s.
"My late father selfishly and fraudulently named the Pinkam House after himself. The expression Pinkam stands for Philip Njoka Kamau,” she stated.
"The lawyer has watched as my brother, step-mothers, step-brothers and step-sisters enjoy my mother’s properties while we the true owners are left in the cold,” she added.
Kamau, who previously worked as a court clerk, served as a Nominated MP between 1974 and 1979. He passed away in May 2012.
This is not an isolated case. History is replete with cases of families embroiled in legal battles over the control of their families' multi-billion empires, leading to billions locked in court over the family wrangles.
