The Environment and Lands Court in Eldoret has confirmed Eunita Kibor, the youngest wife of the late Rift Valley politician and businessman Jackson Kibor, as the sole executor of his multi-billion-shilling estate, dealing a setback to more than 16 of his children who had contested her role.
Justice Emmanuel Washe delivered the ruling, confirming that Eunita stands as the sole executor of the estate, estimated at more than Sh3 billion, and will carry out her duties alongside Kibor’s former lawyer, Jonah Bundotich.
In court, Eunita told the judge that she had her late husband’s blessing and goodwill for her appointment as executor of the vast estate. She also detailed hardships she said her family had endured since his death, including being forced off Mafuta Farm, land she says Kibor had given her before he died.
Justice Washe advised the children that, should they remain uncomfortable with their stepmother’s position, they were free to pursue the appropriate legal procedure to have her replaced.
The ruling follows a prolonged dispute in which more than 16 of Kibor’s children accused their stepmother of relying on a forged will to allocate herself and her four children the largest share of their father’s wealth.
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Jackson Kibor died in March 2022 at the age of 80 after a long illness, having married four wives and fathered 27 children over his lifetime. His estate spans vast tracts of agricultural land across Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Trans Nzoia and Nakuru counties, alongside prime commercial properties in Eldoret, Nakuru and Nairobi, several bank accounts, shareholdings in blue-chip companies, and further movable and immovable assets.
The dispute over Kibor’s fortune has lasted several years and resulted in multiple rounds of litigation. Two of his widows and their combined 27 children previously challenged an earlier version of a will presented by Eunita as executor, dismissing it as a forgery and questioning whether it reflected their father’s true wishes, in a case that first reached the High Court in Eldoret in 2023.
Eunita has maintained throughout that the will accurately reflects her late husband’s intentions and has invited the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to formally investigate its authenticity, or that of his signature, through the proper legal channels, should any party wish to pursue that route.
With Justice Washe’s latest ruling now confirming her as sole executor, the broader succession case remains ongoing before the courts as the family continues to contest how the estate should ultimately be distributed.
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