Kirima wife ‘evicted’ from home
JOSEPH KANYI | NATION
Ms Elizabeth Wanjiku, 100, businessman Gerishon Kirima’s mother-in-law, speaks to the Nation moments after a group of people dumped furniture and other household items at her Nyeri village home on Wednesday. One of Mr Kirima’s daughters claimed that her father had divorced her stepmother.
The tussle over control of business tycoon Gerishon Kirima’s property got nastier on Wednesday when two groups fought at the gate of the veteran politician’s mother-in-law.
At around midday, a convoy of two minibuses and a lorry carrying household goods arrived at Ms Elizabeth Wanjiku Ndei’s home in Gitunduti Village in Nyeri.
The convoy, escorted by about 10 motorcycles, found a locked metal gate. The occupants of the vehicles got out and tried to force their way in, but workers in Ms Wanjiku’s compound resisted the intruders, resulting in a stone-throwing battle.
Ms Wanjiku, 100, who is the mother of Mr Kirima’s third wife Teresia Wairimu, is said to have been sleeping, but was woken up by the commotion outside.
And as she went to check, a missile hit her left leg, leaving her with an injury.
At least four other workers sustained bruises.
A relative is said to have called in General Service Unit officers from a nearby camp, who quelled the fight.
The unwanted visitors dumped a seven-seater sofa set, three mattresses, clothes and other household goods at the gate and left.
A GSU officer claimed that the ‘visitors’ had been escorted by at least two armed police officers.
Earlier, a group of men and women had stormed Mr Kirima’s home in Kitisuru, Nairobi, and evicted his third wife, Ms Teresia Wairimu.
The group, under tight security, stormed the residence, loaded Ms Wairimu Kirima’s belongings in a lorry and left.
Ms Wairimu and her daughters are on one side of the family feud over the control of property worth Sh750 million.
Her stepchildren are on the other side.
On Wednesday, one of Mr Kirima’s daughters claimed that her father had divorced his third wife through customary law.
But another denied the divorce claim. Contacted by the Nation, and requesting not to be named, she said: “If you want to divorce someone customarily, you and your people go to that person’s place to meet them. That did not take place.”
Mr Kirima, who is a real estate mogul and former Starehe MP, is ailing and is said to be receiving treatment abroad.
