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Legacy in limbo: Koinange family's Sh30b estate still mired in land row

A police officer restrained a man wielding a machete after two factions, supporting the Mboe and Koinange families, clashed at Muthera Farm in Njoro, Nakuru County, on August 16, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

In December 2023, a court in Nairobi ordered the family of former powerful politician Mbiyu Koinange to share his Sh30 billion empire after a 42-year legal battle.

Justice Eric Ogola, while dismissing an application to review orders on the distribution formula, ordered that Koinange's son, David Njuno, sign all the relevant papers to ensure that the estate is finally shared out between the beneficiaries.

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