Meru richest man’s son wants body exhumed for inheritance

A man has gone to court to exhume a body buried one year ago in a bid to inherit riches left by the deceased wealthy man.

Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) boss Stephen Mutai M’Imanyara was buried in January 2018 in Katheka village in Imenti constituency, Meru County.

The man, Lee Kimathi, insists the late Stephen Mutai is his paternal father and that only after the tests are concluded would he prove their relationship

Pathologist examination

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In his application filed by Thuita Kiiru Advocates on February 28, Kimathi is seeking orders to allow pathologist Dr Perminus Minda Okemwa to exhume the body and obtain DNA samples.

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The former KTDA chairman was one of Meru’s richest sons with over 1,000 acres under tea as well as buildings in Meru town and Nairobi.

Kimathi is also seeking a court order to obtain DNA samples from lawyer Kiogora Mutai and Dr Bertha Kaimenyi— two of Imanyara’s children who he has named as respondents in the case alongside their mother Honesty Kanyua.

Confident with tests

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Kimathi, who claims he is a son of Prof Judy Njue and the late Imanyara has no problem with the two picking their own pathologist for the procedure.

He said the DNA is necessary for the court to conclusively determine whether he is a son of the deceased and settle the paternity issue once and for all.

“I believe that it is in very bad faith, feigned ignorance or wishful thinking for the respondents to purport that I am not the deceased’s son,” he said in his application.

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