Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong’o and his sister Dr Risper Nyagoy failed to appear in court forcing the case to be moved to Thursday this week.
The two are facing a six-month imprisonment in civil jail for contempt of court in an application filed by their nephew Kenneth Okuthe.
High Court Judge Thrispisa Cherere found them guilty of contempt for failing to include their nephews as beneficiaries for a Ksh.200million estate.
According to reports, the property belonged to the Kisumu Governor’s father Hesbon Shimei Nyong’o who died on November 10, 2006 but did not leave a will.
Justice Cherere further cited a court order issued in October 2018 that they include all their sisters’ children as beneficiaries of their father’s estate.
On Tuesday last week, Cherere cited a court order issued in October 2018 that they include all their sisters’ children as beneficiaries of their father’s estate.
Thrispisa appointed one of the nephews, Mr Kenneth Okuthe, as a co-administrator of the late Hesbon Shimei Nyong’o’s estate.
After the application was filed by Kennedy Odhiambo Okuthe, the five family members were given 45 days from the October 11 ruling to bring to court their father’s estate accounts since 2014 but they failed.
The property under contention includes a 100-acre parcel of land in Miwani and flats on Jogoo Road in Nairobi.
Other parcels of land in Manyatta, Tamu, Milimani Estate and East Rata in Seme sub-county, Kisumu.
Justice Cherere had previously revoked the administrative letters and certificate of confirmation of grant that placed Prof. Nyong’o and Ms. Nyagoy as the sole controllers of the estate.
The duo will now be sentenced on May 30, 2019.