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Mbiyu Koinange kin to share Sh30b estate after four decades legal battle

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Former Cabinet Minister Mbiyu Koinange's Childen George Kihara Koinange (centre) and Lena Koinange (second right) with other family members Nancy Waigango (left), Angela Wambui a Granddaughter (second left) and Sussan Kihara (r) leave Milimani court. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The widows and children of former powerful Cabinet minister Mbiyu Koinange can now share his Sh30 billion estate after four decades of legal battle.

This is after the Court of Appeal in a recent ruling dismissed an appeal by Koinange's eldest son David Njunu challenging the High Court decision that okayed the distribution of the estate by the family.

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