A grandson of the country’s second Head of State the late President Daniel Arap Moi has been evicted from his residential house over six months’ rent arrears.
Appearing before the High Court in Milimani, Collins Kibet Rotich said that he was evicted last week and that he cannot cater for his needs or his family.
The 45-year-old says that his rent arrears have accumulated to more than Sh240,000.
Kibet further revealed that he has been excluded from the management of multi-billion estates that was left by his late father Jonathan Kipkemboi Moi, who passed on in 2019.
The wealth of the late Jonathan is said to be in billions of shillings with the inclusion of what he received from former President Moi’s estate.
Jonathan had however not written a will on the distribution of his vast wealth among his family and dependants, throwing the powerful family into a protracted legal battle.
Kibet, who is living a troubled life, is accusing his step-mother Sylvia Cherotich and stepbrother Clint Kiprono of failing to look after him.
He is accusing them of neglecting him despite him being a dependant on the estate left by his late dad, Jonathan.
Despite Sylvia and Clint being the administrators of the estate, Collins argued that he was not involved in the obtaining of court orders to manage the multi-billion property.
“The deceased’s first house, where Collins comes from, is not being provided for and is not among the administrators. He was evicted from the house on Friday and is now on the streets. It is saddening considering the nature of the estate,” Collins’ lawyer Duncan Okatch, told Justice Aggrey Muchelule.
Kibet through his lawyer told the court that he wants to be enjoined as a co-administrator of the estate. He also wants all transactions involving the estate stopped till the case is determined.
“The estate is actively being dealt with although the grant for letters of administration has not been confirmed. Funds are coming in (to the estate) and there is no accountability. He is the eldest son of the deceased,” the lawyer stated.
Kibet’ wife Gladys Jeruto and her children are also seeking to be enjoined in the court battle so that their maintenance can be taken care of by the estate as the scramble for the billions escalates.
Despite the estate battle, it was revealed that he is leaving a jobless and depressed lifestyle.
According to details that emerged during a court proceeding last year, Kibet has been suffering from depression and was recently discharged from a rehabilitation centre, where he was undergoing treatment for addiction.
Other than suffering from addiction, Kibet is living a parasitic lifestyle where he only depends on friends and relatives for his survival.
The details of his troubled lifestyle came out during a paternal responsibility case where he told the court that he can only pay for health insurance for his two young ones.
“I am financially strained at the moment and [unable] to offer more than what I am offering here and the applicant, who is my immediate neighbour at home, knows this fact very well,” he said.
Kibet further told the Nakuru Court that his life has been full of breakups revealing that he is a divorcee with two other young ones in the United States.
“As a result of my depression diagnosis and the resultant loss of business, my personal finances have been greatly affected to the point where I depend on the goodwill of my friends and relatives to meet my immediate needs,” Kibet told the court.
