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Turmoil over Matiba empire as lawyer demands Sh234m legal fees

Kenneth Matiba and his wife Edith in hospital after he was released from detention in June 1991. [File, Standard]

A dispute has broken out between the family of politician Kenneth Matiba and a lawyer who represented him in a case before his death.

John Mburu has sued Matiba’s widow Edith Wanjiru, daughter Susan Wanjiku and son Raymond Matiba for Sh234 million, claiming it is his rightful share of the Sh945 million awarded to the politician by Justice Isaac Lenaola in September last year for torture and illegal detention during the clamour for multi-party democracy in 1990.

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