Jonathan Moi’s Three Widows Fight over His Estate

Three widows of the late Jonathan Moi are embroiled in a legal dispute over who should be named as the administrator of the deceased’s estate.

In an application filed before a Nairobi court, Faith Milka Nyambura and Beatrice Kipkemboi Moi have opposed a petition for grant of letters of administration of Moi’s estate to his first wife, Sylvia J and her son.

The two claim they were also married to Jonathan, the first-born son of retired President Daniel Arap Moi who succumbed to cancer in April this year.
 
Nyambura, who claims to be the third wife, said she married Jonathan in 2008 in accordance with Kikuyu customary law and was blessed with three children.

In her application, Nyambura accuses Jonathan’s first wife of excluding her and her three children from the administration of the estate.

Nyambura says her three kids have since been sent home over Sh631,000 fee arrears at the Greensteds International School. She told the court that Jonathan used to give her upkeep of Sh1 million monthly.

Nyambura further claims that Sylvia and her son illegally transferred assets to themselves without her knowledge and consent. She wants the court to appoint the three widows as joint administrators of Jonathan’s estate.

Sylvia and her son filed a petition for grant of letters administration of Jonathan’s estate on September 13th, 2019.

On the other hand, Beatrice Kipkemboi Moi, who claims to be Jonathan’s second wife, has asked the court to grant her more time to file an application objecting to the grant of letters of administration to Sylvia.

Beatrice says she married Jonathan through Kamba customary law in 1998, a union blessed with two children.

Further to this, she claims that after Jonathan’s burial, the three widows met and agreed to jointly apply for letters of administration of the estate but Sylvia went behind their backs and filed for the grant of letters.

High Court Judge Aggrey Muchelule gave the parties seven days to reach an out-of-court settlement over Jonathan’s estate.

The case will be mentioned on November 26th, 2019.