A High Court judge has slammed the brakes on Governor Alfred Mutua’s attempt to claim a stake in multi-million shillings worth of property he had surrendered to his former wife, Josephine Thitu.
Justice William Musyoka not only dismissed the suit that Dr Mutua had lodged seeking division of the property acquired during their marriage, but also condemned him to pay his former flame costs of the suit.
In a ruling in favour of Ms Thitu, a pharmacist, the judge declared that the contested issues had been resolved in a different suit.
The two got married on July 1, 2000 but parted ways over irreconcilable differences on August 19, 2015.
Court records indicate that their divorce was settled thousands of miles away in Australia.
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“A court cannot try the issues raised in this cause without having to determine the same points of law that were conclusively settled by the court in HCJSC No 45 of 2014. Consequently, I shall uphold the objection and strike out the suit herein, with costs to the defendant,” the judge ruled.
Expansive properties
Although the other suit (HCJSC No 45 of 2014) touched on separation between the two, it ended up being a battle for the assets.
At the centre of the dispute between the Machakos governor and his former wife are expansive properties straddling the three Ukambani counties of Machakos, Kitui and Makueni.
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Governor Mutua losses matrimonial property war against his former wife
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001279270/governor-mutua-losses-matrimonial-property-war-against-his-former-wife
Governor Mutua losses matrimonial property war against his former wife
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001279270/governor-mutua-losses-matrimonial-property-war-against-his-former-wife
Governor Mutua losses matrimonial property war against his former wife
Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001279270/governor-mutua-losses-matrimonial-property-war-against-his-former-wife
