Lawyers are demanding Ksh184 million from the daughter of former Cabinet Minister John Michuki.
In documents filed in court, Yvonne Wanja Michuki acquired the services of lawyers Agimba and Associates Advocates, on September 19, 2018, over the tussle in her father's estate.
The lawyers billed her Ksh32,000 per hour for their services. In just four hours after their first meeting, Wanja would be charged Ksh128,000 for the sit down with the advocates.
She met the lawyers at least 33 times in seven months before she terminated their services. Agimba and Associates Advocates moved to the court stating that they were owed Ksh184 million.
The lawyers in their court documents according to the Daily Nation indicated that Wanja owed them Ksh166 million in legal fees and Ksh17 million was owed to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in taxes.
Wanja retained the services of the lawyers in the hotly contested battle over their father's vast wealth. In 1988, Michuki established the luxurious Windsor Golf Hotel and Country Club, a Victorian-style recreation facility that covered over 200 acres in Nairobi’s upmarket Ridgeways Estate.
His wealth was managed by his wife following his death in February 2012 before her death six months later. The couple's death set the stage for an ugly court battle between their six children over the management of the family's billions.
In May 2019, Wanja filed a case in a bid to revoke a court document that gave the mandate to her elder siblings Anne Wanjiru Mutahi and Fredrick Chege to manage the multi-billion shillings estate.
According to the Daily Nation, Wanja accused Wanjiru and Chege of mismanaging their family wealth and channelling some of the money to their personal use.
The chartered financial analyst claims her siblings have not disclosed their mother’s June 7, 2012, last wish which makes full disclosure of the assets.
Wanja stated that her elder siblings did not annex copies of titles, share certificates, details of directors and vehicle ownership on the document.
She further stated that two companies with a similar name, Mika Holdings Limited were incorporated, apparently to cash in on the family’s Windsor Park Phase 1 houses, whose proceeds have never been accounted for, and which in her estimation amount to not less than Ksh1.6billion.
The youngest Michuki daughter claimed that her siblings had not declared income flow from the sale of the Windsor Park houses or the collections of monthly service dues from homeowners therein, amounting to Ksh60,000 per house, each month.
