Claiming that the late politician Nicholas Biwott passed away without settling his debt, Eldoret businessman Barnabas Kiprono wants court to stop the family from distributing and sharing Biwott’s assets.
Kiprono claims he loaned the late politician Sh382 million on November 5, 2016. He issued demands to Biwott for the payment of the loan and interest, but none was settled by the time the former minister died.
During the inter-parte hearing on Tuesday, Kiprono asked the court to issue interim orders stopping the distribution of Biwott’s assets pending the hearing of his application.
In response, Biwott’s family lawyers argued that they had not been alerted about the interim orders.
The family argued that Kiprono was neither a beneficiary nor a dependant of the former minister and as such could not purport to seek preservation of the former minister’s estate.
The judge directed that the status quo of the estate be preserved pending further orders.She gave the two parties involved in the case 14 days to file their submissions.
The matter will be mentioned on April 2.