Widow battles her children for Sh600m estate

Widow of prominent Mombasa businessman Gaspar Walele, Katharina Walele (C) at the entrance of Mombasa Law Courts in Mombasa with Getrude Walele (R) and Elimora Walele on October 27, 2020. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The widow of a Mombasa businessman has moved to court to stop the distribution of her husband’s Sh600 million estate.

Katharina Walele, the widow of Gasper Walele Mwanguwa, wants the High Court to nullify a decision by a lower court that allowed the property to be distributed to her daughter Veronica Kalamba, son Julius Mndwariga and stepson John Ighacho.