This archive report was first published on 27 September 2019.
On September 26, 2019, Sarah Wairimu Cohen, the widow of Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, raised an issue with how her sister-in-law Gabrielle Van Starten jetted out of the country after the will was read.
According to an affidavit filed in court, Sarah Wairimu said, “After the opening of the Will, Gabrielle and her husband had no further use for my husband and promptly left the country despite publicly stating that they wanted to accord Cohen a decent Jewish burial.”
Gabrielle, Cohen’s sister, flew out of the country a day after his will was opened.
Warimu rejected an invitation to witness the opening of her late husband’s will, citing the confidentiality of the document.
During the opening of his will, Wairimu discovered that two unnamed Kiambu politicians claimed Cohen owed them Sh35 million.
She said, “I learnt that the Will opening ceremony was attended by a politician one Patrick Muiruri and that two Kiambu politicians were claiming to be owed a sum of Sh35 million by my late husband,”
Wairimu denied the allegations, stating, “… I am not aware that my late husband owed such a colossal amount of money to anyone let alone Kiambu politician and will in due course request that these claims be investigated.”
