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September 29, 2025
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Court dismisses contested will in Eldoret tycoon Talai's succession case

Court dismisses contested will in Eldoret tycoon Talai's succession case

Justice Reuben Nyakundi declared the purported will dated February 13,2006 as null and void..

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The High Court in Eldoret has dismissed a contested will in the succession case of colonial-era paramount Chief Kibor Arap Talai, who died in 2012. His second wife, Irene Jeptanui Talai, had used the will to claim a significant portion of his Ksh.3 billion estate.

  • A forensic document examination in November 2024 concluded that the signatures on the will did not match authentic signatures of the deceased.
  • Justice Reuben Nyakundi declared the purported will, dated February 13, 2006, null and void.
  • The case was initiated by Talai's first wife, Tapyotin Kibor, who passed away six years ago.

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