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Court calls on elders as Kutt's Sh500m succession battle takes new twist

Justice Reuben Nyakundi at the Mombasa High Court in Mombasa County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

A succession case in which a man has disowned his biological father over control of Sh500 million estate left behind by a prominent Uasin Gishu farmer, the late Kireger Kutt, has taken a new turn at an Eldoret Court.

This was after presiding judge, Reuben Nyakundi allowed the applicant, Jonah Rutto, to bring in court an elder who is an expert on customary laws related to the adoption of children among the Nandi community.

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