In December 2023, a court in Nairobi ordered the family of former powerful politician Mbiyu Koinange to share his Sh30 billion empire after a 42-year legal battle.
Justice Eric Ogola, while dismissing an application to review orders on the distribution formula, ordered that Koinange's son, David Njuno, sign all the relevant papers to ensure that the estate is finally shared out between the beneficiaries.
The judge then appointed the court's registrar to ensure that the estate was distributed.
The judge agreed with Justice Aggrey Muchelule's (now a Court of Appeal Judge) judgement delivered on May 7, 2020, that Koinange's estate should be divided among 12 beneficiaries, not according to the houses.
