Just when you thought they were too rich they decide to ruin the perception by fighting publicly over their possessions. The Nyong’o family has been trending in controversial issues of late starting with Lupita’s brother whose gayish tendencies won’t stop surprising social media audience.
Now in property fight,Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o and his sister Risper Nyagoy Nyong’o have filed a notice at the Court of Appeal to withdraw a case challenging an order from the High Court directing them to include their nephews in the inheritance list for property left behind by their father.
On Wednesday, the two through their lawyers JA Guserwa and Company advocates wrote to their nephews Kenneth Odhiambo Okuthe and Geoffrey Omondi Nyong’o, signalling that they will no longer be proceeding with the appeal.
This means that the Nyong’o’s will now have only the option of honouring the court order, unless they engage further out-of-court negotiations with their nephews.
In their appeal, they had sought to delay implementation of the order issued by Lady Justice Tripsisa Cherere and which was issued on October 11 in Kisumu.
The judge has directed that the County Chief and his sister include all the children of their sisters as beneficiaries of the multi-million shilling property left behind by the senior Nyong’o.
The judge had also revoked administrative letters and certificate of confirmation of grant that placed Prof Nyong’o and Dr Nyagoy as the sole controllers of the estate and appointed one of the nephews, Mr Kenneth Odhiambo Okuthe as a co-administrator of the late Hesbon Shimei Nyong’o’s estate estimated to be worth more than Sh200 million.
Early this year Nyagoy who also represented Prof Nyong’o told a Kisumu court that the omission of some of the siblings was not in bad faith and sought to explain to the court why they were left out.
She said that one of her siblings, Charles Nyong’o, disappeared in 1980 and has never returned home admitting that their other two sisters Margaret Awuor and Judith Nyong’o were also left out.
In the suit, Nyongo’s nephews Odhiambo and Omondi, eldest sons of Awuor and Judith wanted their families to be represented in the list of beneficiaries of the expansive estate.
They argued that other members of the family including those that are deceased sometimes back were listed in the list of beneficiaries but their mothers were left out.
Do you think the Nyong’o’s new decision mean they are agreeing to honor the High Court now?