Dr Njoroge Mungai died on August 14, 2014, at the age of 88 and during his funeral, President Uhuru Kenyatta was a pall bearer of his casket in his honour, the first and only time a sitting President of Kenya was a pall bearer.
It has now been revealed that Mungai, who was founding President Jomo Kenyatta’s personal physician and first cousin, left nothing for his wife Lilian Njeri Mungai to inherit.
Upon his death, he had instructed that the mother of his six children would not share in the multi-billion-shilling estate up for grabs.
According to him, he had given her (Njeri) enough when they legally parted ways.
“I declare that my ex-wife, Njeri Mungai from whom am divorced shall not possess or occupy any of my properties or facilities or receive any part of my residuary estate as I am of the belief that she has already been adequately provided for in the divorce settlement,” Njoroge wrote in his five-page will filed in the High Court.
Dr Njoroge, Mzee Kenyatta's first cousin, opted to leave his estate in the hands of his two daughters; Gathoni Kabuki Mungai and Nyakio Wanjiku Mungai who were to divide it among their siblings.
He also wanted his descendants to invest from his estate and said any business he was carrying out during his lifetime ought to be continued if his children thought it was beneficial.
In addition to proper management of his estate, Njoroge also directed his children to keep a reserve for a rainy day and wanted his grandchildren taken care of by the trust.
