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CS Mvurya seeks mediation after daughter sued him for neglect

Ms Yvonne Anono Omanzi, the daughter of Mining CS Salim Mvurya. She has sued the CS seeking financial support. [Photo, Courtesy]

"I was escorted out of his office by his security and warned not to appear there again."

Omanzi said she fears that the out-of-court mediation that the CS is seeking would be fruitless as Mvurya also blocked his lawyer's (Wafula) calls.

She said it was after tirelessly trying to have the issue resolved out of court without success that she launched the suit before a Kakamega court.

"It is after the defendant (Mvurya) declined to engage my lawyer that I decided to move the court for recourse," she says.

Ms Omanzi sued her father on June 2 saying the CS was no longer interested in her well-being even though he is a "man of means".

"The plaintiff (Ms Omazi) has acknowledged that she is an adult but further avers that she has demonstrated special circumstances that require assistance from the defendant (Mvurya)," Wafula said.

Never disputed

She explains the special circumstances were that after completion of her secondary education, Mvurya, who she argues has never disputed that she is his daughter, made a verbal promise to educate her through college but he later went mute.

Omanzi says she took the promise as he "had been sparingly supporting" her upkeep since birth but suddenly withdrew the goodies when she completed high school and picked an ID card.

She now holds that since her father promised to educate her and that he has been fortunate enough to land lucrative jobs, she should share his fortunes even in her adulthood.

"Mvurywa is a man of means having been a governor of Kwale County and is currently serving as CS Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs. Due to the apparent special circumstances, I am entitled to maintenance and sustenance from the CS," she said in her suit.

Ms Omanzi, a waitress at a hotel in Kakamega where she earns Sh4,500 per month, says in her court papers that she lives in a one-roomed mabati house and is in dire need of help.

rwaswani@standardmedia.co.ke