This archive report was first published on 22 October 2019.
October 22, 2019, marked a significant day in the Michuki family saga as Wanja Michuki, the youngest daughter of the late John Michuki, moved to court against her siblings over the mismanagement of their father's multi-billion estate.
Wanja has accused her two elder siblings of using money from the Michuki properties to their own personal use and general mismanagement of the estate, which she claims is leading to losses every year.
According to court papers, Wanja's siblings have 'willingly failed to diligently administer the estate,' and have 'hoodwinked the beneficiaries that they wish the estate to be distributed.' The papers further state that all businesses under the estate have performed worse, year after year, and debts have increased.
Wanja has also highlighted a Sh2.35 billion project spear-headed by one of her sisters, Ann Wanjiku Mutahi, as unfeasible. Wanijiku is the wife to former Nyeri Senator Mutahi Kagwe.
The luxurious Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, which is part of the estate, is reportedly Sh625 million in debt. Wanja claims that the debt has accumulated even as the two siblings appointed as estate administrators have failed to declare income from the sale of other properties within the estate.
Wanja's siblings have termed her suit as 'malicious and untrue.'
