Kirima's double wills divide family

By EVELYN KWAMBOKA

It has now emerged that details about a will left behind by former Starehe MP Gerishon Kirima were allegedly given to a senior Government official.

Kirima’s brother James Njuguna said the details were contained in a letter Kirima wrote to Internal Security PS on August 20, last year.

"Immediately the aforesaid letter was written, Mr Kirima informed me he was aware of efforts that were being made to tamper with the contents of the said will," Njuguna said.

Kirima was allegedly forced to write another will while in Britain, forcing him to place it in the custody of Rachier and Amolo Company Advocates.

"His choice was predicated on the fact that he wanted a neutral lawyer whom the family members would not interfere with or be easily influenced," he said. This is contained in Njuguna’s replying affidavit to a case filed by the late MP’s third wife, Teresiah Wairimu.

Hostile environment

Ms Wairimu and her two children are seeking orders compelling an advocate to read a will that was allegedly written by the late husband, before he was flown out of the country.

On Thursday, other members of the family including his two bothers opposed the application on grounds there is a second will and the documents cannot be read in a hostile environment.

The court was told reading of the first will aborted on April 13, following Wairimu’s decision to file another suit in court, on the same day.

High Court judge Aggrey Muchelule said he would deliver his ruling on whether the first will would be read to the beneficiaries, on May 25.

The first will is being held by Kirima’s advocate Joseph Kahari.

Through her advocate Wilfred Nyamu, Wairimu told the court that Kirima’s advocate failed to convene a meeting for reading the document, forcing her to file the case in court.