Ex-wife wins first round over control of K'Osewe empire

K’Osewe Ranalo restaurant along Kimathi Street in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

The former wife of the owner of Nairobi’s famous eatery K’Osewe Ranalo, has won the first round in the legal battle to control the restaurant.

Commercial Court Judge Njoki Mwangi ordered businessman William Osewe Guda not to change or transfer the eatery’s bank accounts and M-pesa in a case filed by his ex-wife Anne Mutheu Osewe.

At the same time, the judge ordered Osewe not to alter the restaurant’s ownership details or deal with, selling or transfer or gifting it.