The Environment and Lands Court in Eldoret has confirmed Eunita Kibor, the youngest wife of the late politician and businessman Jackson Kibor, as the executor of his multi-billion-shilling estate.
Justice Emmanuel Washe ruled that Eunita is the sole executor of the estate, whose value has been estimated at more than Sh3 billion. She will carry out the responsibility with assistance from Kibor’s former advocate, Jonah Bundotich.
The decision came amid a dispute involving more than 16 of Kibor’s children, who had challenged Eunita’s role and accused her of relying on a purportedly forged will to allocate a substantial portion of the estate to herself and her four children. The judge told the children that if they wished to challenge Eunita’s appointment, they would have to follow the appropriate legal process to have her replaced.
Justice Washe also rejected part of the children’s argument concerning alleged fraudulent documents, noting that where such documents are said to have been used in dealings involving an estate, the complaint would ordinarily have to be pursued by the legally recognised executor.
A key asset in the dispute is a commercial building owned by Kibor in Eldoret’s city centre. The children have alleged that Eunita has been collecting millions of shillings in rental income from the property without involving them.
They have also accused her of taking control of the more than 320-acre Mafuta Farm in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County, following their father’s death. Other properties mentioned in the dispute include matrimonial residences in Chepkoilel, on the outskirts of Eldoret, and Kabebes in Ziwa along the Eldoret-Ziwa highway.
During her testimony, Eunita told the court that she held the Eldoret commercial property as a trustee for her four children rather than in her personal capacity. She further testified that Kibor had supported her appointment as executor and had given her his approval before his death. Eunita also described difficulties her family had experienced following Kibor’s death, including being evicted from Mafuta Farm, which she said had been given to her by the late politician during his lifetime.
Kibor died in March 2022, leaving behind extensive agricultural land in Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Trans Nzoia and Nakuru counties. The prominent farmer and politician had four wives and 27 children. His assets also included commercial properties in Eldoret, Nakuru and Nairobi, bank accounts, shares in major companies and other movable and immovable property.
The dispute over his estate has been ongoing in the High Court in Eldoret, with members of the family contesting the management and distribution of the property left behind.
