Moi son’s wife demands more cash

The wife of retired president Moi’s son, Philip, wants her estranged husband to pay Sh250,000 in monthly upkeep, up from Sh60,000.

Ms Rosanna Pluda Moi has filed a fresh application saying the Sh60,000 that Philip was ordered to pay her monthly is insufficient.

“The situation is so bad that I hardly have food in the house,” Ms Pluda says.

Wealthy man

Arguing that Philip is a wealthy man with vast investments in Kenya, she says he can afford to pay.

But Philip says the case is meant to serve other purposes besides matrimonial causes and wants the application, which is due for hearing on Friday, dismissed.

The court last week suspended a warrant of arrest for Philip after he failed to pay Sh60,000 as directed on August 22.

But in an urgent application filed on Tuesday, Ms Pluda says the Sh60,000 is inadequate for her expenses, including her rent.

She claims her rent is in arrears and she faces eviction. She is also afraid she could lose her car because she is unable to service the loan on it.

She says her electricity bill is in arrears of Sh56,689 and she owes Sh30,000 for security services.

“If evicted, I will be a destitute as I have no family in Kenya because I am of Italian descent and my relatives are in Italy,” says Ms Pluda.

Her bank, she adds, has declined to honour her cheques. Ms Pluda claims Philip owes her Sh7 million.

She says her estranged husband has never made any payments since a court order was made on May 24, 2010 directing that he refunds her Sh2.7 million within a time frame agreed by the two.

Issuing the order, Lady Justice Roselyn Nambuye also ordered that pending the placement of their two children in a local boarding school, Philip should pay Sh250,000 as upkeep for the children and their mother.

Philip was also directed to pay Ms Pluda Sh150,000 monthly when the children were in school.

But on August 10, 2011, Philip sought to have Justice Nambuye’s orders suspended.

Justice Nicholas Ombija of the High Court allowed the application on condition he paid Sh60,000 a month to Ms Pluda.

Philip complained in documents filed Wednesday that he was being discriminated against and different standards used to judge him because he is a son of Mr Moi.

The couple is involved in a divorce case instituted by Ms Pluda on December 24, 2008.