Succession: Court declares woman, niece co-widows

Susan Nyambura before Justice Hillary Chemitei on November 9, 2021, She was fighting her niece for a share in Sh100 million property left by German Tycoon Joseph Leitmann [File, Standard]

After 22 years of an epic legal battle between a woman and her niece over the estate of the late German tycoon Joseph Leitmann, the drama finally came to an end.

Leitmann, who moved to Kenya in the early 1950s, was a renowned farmer with vast acres of land in Subukia, Kiratina and Lanet areas of Nakuru County.