From: KENNEDY KORIR

Kenyan courts are awash with civil cases touching on inheritance, we have also witnessed cases of brother killing brother over disputes pertaining to inheritance.
I do not know how Mr Kirima made is 750 Million worth estate but there some cases I know where the virtues of hard work – to make your own money within the family have been discarded for “lets wait to inherit” when the Mzee passes on.

The most affected are the families where the wealth was not created from the bottom but obtained through corrupt and shady deals.

The children woke up one day to find themselves changing homes from Umoja to Loresho and from Umoja primary school to Braeburn and being chauffeured everyday to this expensive school.

The mentality of we are awash with money is imparted and whatever they ask for is given without question just to keep the children happy since dad and mum do not have time for them.

I am reminded of one Hoseah Kiplagat who once flew his family to a 5 star Tourist Club he ask his 4 kids to shop in an expensive tourist souvenir shop, they bought “this and that” and were all broken and strewn all over the following day as they could not understand what they were buying, he later paid 120,000/-

Now tell these kids when they are in their 20s & 30s that they cannot go out like all the other ‘richees’ or they have to look for a job and earn for the themselves and surely they will demand their share of inheritance so as to spend as they wish.

I am sure you have better examples