Woman disown son's wife, children in bitter property battle

An 80-year-old woman has disowned her daughter-in-law and grandchildren in a succession battle for her son’s property.

Mary Waiganjo wants Susan Nyambura, 49, locked out of the estate of her son Paul Kariuki, in a two-decade battle at the High Court in Nakuru.

In the application filed before Justice Rachel Ngetich last week, Ms Waiganjo wants Nyambura’s name removed from a grant of letters of administration dated October 8, 2018, issued by the High Court.

The letter lists the two women as co-administrators of the estate of Kariuki, who was in matatu business.

However, in her affidavit of protest, Waiganjo has disowned Nyambura and the three grandchildren, saying she doesn’t know them.

“The petitioner is not my daughter-in-law. I do not know her and I verily believe that she was never married to nor cohabited with my son. I also do not know her children-they are not my grandchildren,” reads her application.

She claims that if Kariuki married Nyambura she would have been involved in the traditional marriage.

“My son died a bachelor, I have never been involved in any traditional stages of marriage and he never had any biological or adopted children,” reads her application.