Late Kenyan Author Ken Walibora's Family Seeks Gov't Help to Trace His 'Secret' Wealth
The family of the late Kenyan author Ken Walibora, who died last year has appealed to the government to help them trace some of his wealth.
While commemorating his death, Walibora’s brother Patrick Wafula said the family has not been able to trace some of his wealth, including an estate and royalties.
Wafula, who is the principal of Kipsoen High School in Elgeyo Marakwet, said his brother was a secretive person and hardly spoke about his wealth and investments.
The family is seeking help from relevant government authorities and fears that some of his unknown property could be in the wrong hands.
Walibora, the author of ‘Siku Njema’, had been reported missing since April 10th, 2020 before his body was found at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) morgue on April 15th.
He was taken to KNH after he was reportedly hit by a matatu along Landhies Road in Nairobi CBD but he died after he was allegedly denied treatment.
A postmortem examination carried out by Government Chief Pathologist Dr. Johansen Oduor revealed that Walibora had a deep cut between his thumb and index finger, two teeth were missing, and had a blood clot in his head.
“He had a cracked jaw on his right side, his right hand was broken, and also he had a clot on his right side of the head, and he had lost two teeth all these are common with a motor vehicle accident,” said Oduor.
“He had a wound cut caused by a sharp knife on the space between his thumb and the index finger which is not familiar with motor vehicle accidents,” he added.
Eyewitnesses told Citizen TV that Walibora was being chased after by a group of people and was knocked down by a bus in the process.
The 56-year-old is succeeded by his wife Ann Chebet and two children Sheila Zawadi and Katila Samba, who all live in the United States.
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If there is evidence that…
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If there is evidence that Walibora at one time had more wealth than that which was releaved after his passing, there by all means go for it.But if its just mere speculation that a man of his stature should have more that was reported,then that's not enough to engage the government in this wild goose chase.
It is very unfortunate that the living ,especially in Kenya have a tendency to go to war after the fortunes of the departed.Families get torn apart,killed, broken up,just to get a piece of what was left behind.
Iknow.Yes not many want to think about departing,especially the wealth ones.But this is inevitable.So it is incumbent upon us while still alive to help alleviate the unexpected battle of our wealth by leaving behind clear,and concise wills.My view is general,and not aimed at Walibora's family.
@maxiley - I really like…
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In reply to If there is evidence that… by Maxiley (not verified)
@maxiley - I really like your thinking in how the wealth left by writer Wambola should be distributed - only down to his wife and the kinds!
Huyu nwingine Jamaa Wafula need to get a damn job and make his own money! Huu I s late brother’s money never belonged to him while the brother was alive and that wealth does not belong to him now the guy is dead!
Wafula is traumatizing his brother’s family (wife and kids) for trying to get a share of his late brother’s money!
Hii tambia ya kufuatiria pesa za wengine by our fellow Kenyans must stop!
Here is how my unchallengeable living WILL is written! In case the good Lord calls me home because no body knows when that time comes, all my property including the roaches and rats in my house will all belong to my dear wife uncontested!
I have created an Estate that my wife will manage to allow my beautiful two girls to go to college and help them buy their first new car during their junior year in college. The kids do not have the ability to fight/contest their mother over my wealth while I’m gone, period!
As for my larger family (dad, late mother, unties, uncles, cousins, brothers and sisters) I have written that I owe them nothing while alive and in death!
None of them should come after my wife after my passing. None of them are my immediate family ( wife and children)! There will be no sane judge to open up a case against my wealth going to my wife alone.
So to all my relatives - work for your damn money/wealth and please don’t cause some issues /commotions seeking for money you know nothing about! My wealth relationship with my extended family will technically cease the moment my earthly eyes close for good. So I will no longer recognize my brothers and sisters here on earth the day I die. So long we shall meet again in Heaven on that big judgment Day!
In case my wife and kids ascend on the same fate with me, all my wealth will be left to my Bull Dog named Simba. The money will be given to a specific kennel shelter which will be used to take care of my handsome Dog, Simba! He will eat well and live comfortably under the care of a qualified veterinary doctor! The doctor Simba has visited in the past two years!
I have no gachugwa, mama mboga or any mpango wa kando to claim I had fathered kids that no one knew about while I’m living. I do not screw another woman ( have sex) out there! If another woman appear on the last day, she will be a lying gold digger wishing to cause distress to my most gorgeous wife! I will wake up to slap her and then get back in the coffin to be buried! And by the way - my burial should be kept simple! No wasting of resources that the living family (wife and kids) need here on earth! I can be cremated to save the cost of burial!
I urge all my fella Kenyans to write a Living WILL clearly starting their wishes while they are alive to help those (I mean immediate members being wife and kids) left behind!
I totally agree with you!…
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In reply to @maxiley - I really like… by Vega (not verified)
I totally agree with you! Extended family members have no right to be pursuing a brother’s wealth while the wife is alive! This nonsense should stop among Kenyans! It is a stone way of disinheriting relatives while leaving the wife and children broke!
@Vega, very well stated…
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In reply to @maxiley - I really like… by Vega (not verified)
@Vega, very well stated. Looks like you now have a back up of your will on Mwakilishi too.
One thing though, you have to retrace all the "dipping" you ever did whether experimental or not with that village girl or the daring house girl to fully ascertain not a living soul was created in your escapades. You never know because and they never tell. Someone may be out there watching you as you amass your wealth waiting for the right time to strike. Hata Uhuru has a copy some place in Umoja.
If there is evidence that…
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If there is evidence that Walibora at one time had more wealth than that which was releaved after his passing, there by all means go for it.But if its just mere speculation that a man of his stature should have more that was reported,then that's not enough to engage the government in this wild goose chase.
It is very unfortunate that the living ,especially in Kenya have a tendency to go to war after the fortunes of the departed.Families get torn apart,killed, broken up,just to get a piece of what was left behind.
Iknow.Yes not many want to think about departing,especially the wealth ones.But this is inevitable.So it is incumbent upon us while still alive to help alleviate the unexpected battle of our wealth by leaving behind clear,and concise wills.My view is general,and not aimed at Walibora's family.
we should learn to reveal…
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we should learn to reveal our wealth to close family members .Sasa ona
Yes to your wife and…
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In reply to we should learn to reveal… by tommy (not verified)
Yes to your wife and children that is what close family means! The rest are just strangers seeking for a get rich quickly scheme! This Wafula should be ashamed of himself - a foolish high school teacher display his ignorance to the wide world! Family wealth my damn foot! Wafula, that is you late brother’s money!
We should cease these old traditions of emptying out a grieving family. You late brother’s money now belongs to Chebet his widow! And I know you are saying she is a kale! You are damn right she belongs to another tribe but that is what your brother choose for a wife! Get over it!
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There only three people here who should be looking for the late Wamboro’s wealth - his wife Cheney and the two children!
This silly Wafula dude got no part to play in sharing any wealth your dead brother left behind. As a high school teacher, I mean you Wafula, ought to know better how the wealth is distributed!
All wealth left by the deceased is handed down to the living wife. Then the wife will decide how to spend that wealth to include sharing with the children!
Wafula should not be reaching out to the government to trace his dead brother’s wealth unless Wafula was his brother’s wife! Wacha uchenzi na ujinga Wafula using that stupid customs of your dirty tribe to cause more harm to the dead’s family!
If you reveal, you get killed
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If you reveal, you get killed
Hey Wafula - get a damn job!…
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Hey Wafula - get a damn job! Make your own money and stop causing distress to your brother’s family. Wewe kubafu! Wacha foolishness chasing your brother’s wife’s money! Mafi ya kuku wewe!
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