Families live in squalor as billions locked in bitter succession battle

They lived in wealth and splendour, died and left behind billions of shillings yet their surviving spouses and children are living in squalor as they battle in court to control the vast estates. 

In the case touching on the late Njenga Karume's estate, there are three cases pending in court. In one of the cases, the late politician's children are challenging the will. [Standard]

That the granddaughter of the late billionaire and former Cabinet minister Njenga Karume could miss out on treatment over lack of funds due to succession dispute, is telling.