In re Estate of the late Anna Wanjiru Gathege alias Anne Wanjiru Gathege alias Ann Wanjiru Gathegere (Deceased) [2022] KEHC 11393 (KLR)

In re Estate of the late Anna Wanjiru Gathege alias Anne Wanjiru Gathege alias Ann Wanjiru Gathegere (Deceased) (Succession Cause 23 of 2018) [2022] KEHC 11393 (KLR) (23 June 2022) (Directions)

Neutral citation: [2022] KEHC 11393 (KLR)

Republic of Kenya

In the High Court at Nakuru

Succession Cause 23 of 2018

HK Chemitei, J

June 23, 2022

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE ANNA WANJIRU GATHEGE ALIAS ANNE WANJIRU GATHEGE ALIAS ANN WANJIRU GATHEGERE (DECEASED)

Between

David Mwangi Ndirangu

Applicant

and

Joseph Maina Gathege

1st Respondent

Mary Muthoni Mwangi

2nd Respondent

Directions

1. The court has perused the pleadings herein and in particular the application dated 7th February 2020 in which the applicant seeks to revoke the grant issued to the respondents. A clear look at the application indicates that the applicant claims to have been the husband to the deceased and the respondents the daughter and cousin respectively.

2. There is also a critical issue whether the applicant married the deceased under the tenets of kikuyu customary law. Although there is an affidavit sworn to that effect it is the view of this court that all the above must be subjected to viva voce evidence.

3. In the premises let this matter proceed to a full trial. The applicant shall be the plaintiff and the respondents the defendants. Meanwhile the status quo of the estate as at the time of this directions be and is hereby maintained pending the determination of the objection herein.

DATED SIGNED AND DELIVERED VIA VIDEO LINK AT NAKURU THIS 23RD DAY OF JUNE 2022. H K CHEMITEIJUDGE