The controversy surrounding paternity of George Saitotis son Zachary Musengi has taken a new twist after fresh documents emerged casting more doubt on whether indeed he is the biological offspring of the former vice-president.
Documents made available appear to prove Musengi is the mature version of Stephen Wachira, the son of Sebastian Ngunju who was allegedly kidnapped three decades ago in Nakuru and never to be seen again.
Ngunju in December 2018, asked police to reopen investigations and conduct DNA tests as he seeks to prove Musengi is his son, born in 1985 as Stephen Wachira. Family documents, including the birth and church baptismal certificates, and clinic card offer finer details on Wachira, who is believed to be the now adult Zachary Musengi. If the documents are genuine, they may add weight to Nguju’s case and complicate life for Saitoti’s widow, Margaret.
The documents show Wachira’s date of birth September 21, 1985 in Subukia location of the then Nakuru district. His parents are identified as Sebastian Maina Ngunju and Elizabeth Njeri Wachira and attended his child clinics at Subukia Health Centre.
These details are backed by a birth certificate which tallies with the health card and the Certificate of Sacraments received from the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru’s John’s Catholic Church in Subukia on February 1, 1986. In December 2018, Ngunju appeared again in public about five years after a probe into the case was closed when efforts to prove parentage of Zachary hit a dead-end.
He claims his third born child was kidnapped and after 24 years of searching, he found him at the late Saitoti’s home with a new name. But investigations concluded in 2013 failed to show Musengi was the young Wachira kidnapped over 20 years ago three weeks to his third birthday.