Family tussles for property 30 years after MP’s death

The late Gem MP Aggrey Otieno Ambala. (Photo: File/Standard) 

The family of the late Gem MP Aggrey Otieno Ambala is still fighting over the multi-million shilling estate in court more than 30 years after his death. Two of his sons have moved to the Court of Appeal to challenge a decision that was aimed at repossessing and dividing the estate, including 15 acres of land in Nairobi’s Karen suburb allegedly sold to prominent personalities.

Oduor Hawi and his brother Ogola Kodhek want the High Court decision set aside on grounds that it was biased and unreasonable in the mode of distribution of their late father’s estate. Hawi and Kodhek want the court to set aside the decision by Justice Hilary Chemite and David Majanja and uphold a consent entered into by parties at the court in December 2004.