Dr Kiano’s last call to ex-wife: Go buy your own property

Dr Kiano dances with his wife, Jane, at the Rahimtula Hall on September 26, 1966. [File, Standard]

Former Trade Minister Julius Gikonyo Kiano wrote a will forbidding his estranged first wife, Ernestine Hammond Kiano, from pursuing his second family for a share of his wealth.

Ernestine parted ways with the patriarch in 1966. Dr Gikonyo, in a will seen by The Standard dated October 1, 1987, stated that the American would not get any property other than what he had given her in happier days.