Supreme Court ends 55-acre estate battle after 16 years

 

On 7 October 1952, Senior Chief Waruhiu was Kungu, a pillar of the Kikuyu establishment in Kiambu District, was assassinated. [Courtesy]

For 16 years the sons and a daughter of a colonial chief, Waruhiu wa Kungu, whose death in 1952 plunged the country into a state of emergency, have been battling for a 55-acre parcel of land in Githunguri, Kiambu County.