Eldoret Court to give direction on late Jackson Kibor's disputed will

Justice Reuben Nyakundi is expected to give direction on whether the document should be subjected to a forensic examination expert to determine the validity of the document.

The disputed will has split the tycoon’s family down the line with some disgruntled family members challenging the validity of the document while the deceased’s younger wife, Eunita Kibor is siding with the will.

Through their team of 10 lawyers among them Ken Maiyo and Nixon Koitui, the 29 objectors, had asked the court to make a ruling on the authenticity of the contested Will purported to have been drafted and signed by their late father before his demise.

Lawyer Maiyo brought to the attention of the court that one of the parties in the disputed Will has refused to comply with the court orders which barred her from interfering, misusing or disposing of some of the assets left behind by the late tycoon until the issue of the disputed will is heard and determined.

The children of the late Kibor and his two widows have challenged the validity of his Will in court and want the court to issue orders preserving the deceased’s Ksh.16 billion vast estates before any distribution if done.

Before his death the late Kibor had appointed Eldoret based lawyer Bundotich Korir and his younger wife Eunita Kibor who is at the centre of the succession case as the executors of his will.

In the application that has split the family unit, the objectors say they believe the signature in the document was a forgery and want the document to be subjected to a forensic examination expert to settle the matter once and for all.

The objectors further want the younger wife to be restrained from transferring, disposing, meddling or appropriating any part of their late father’s wealth which they have been tussling over since he died last year.

The late Kibor left behind a will dated February 27, 2021, which his youngest wife has agreed to it while other family members have ganged up against the document.

The deceased is survived by three widows Josephine, Naomi and Eunita Kibor while his first wife Mary died two decades ago.

He left a vast estate including real estate, bank deposits, thousands of acres of agricultural in Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia, Nakuru counties and also prime commercial plots in Eldoret, Nakuru, Nairobi and Mombasa towns.