Details about how the late Kenyan businessman Chris Kirubi distributed his multi-billion-shilling estate have emerged.

Kirubi whose wealth is estimated at Sh20 billion left 80 percent of the estate to his son Robert Kirubi and daughter Mary Anne Kirubi, but the two have mutually agreed to give 9.95 percent of their shares to their sister Fiona Wambui Kirubi, who was bequeathed only Sh4 million in the will.

โ€œWe shall be grateful if you would record the following consent in the above matter. That an order be recorded that Fiona Wambui Kirubi shall receive 9.95 percent of the share of Robert Kirubiโ€™s and Mary-Anneโ€™s Kirubiโ€™s portion of the estate being 80 percent of the entire estate,โ€ their legal consent reads in part.

The deceased businessman gave the remaining 20 percent of his wealth to his siblings; Anthony Maina, Dr. Michael Kirubi, Elizabeth Waithera, and Salome Mburu.

Court records show that Kirubi owned at least six luxury vehicles worth a combined Sh108 million, including Mercedes Benz Maybach S500 (Sh29 million), Bentley GT (Sh28 million), and a Range Rover (Sh25. 6 million).

The business magnate also owned land worth more than Sh3 billion in Loresho (Sh2 billion), Kwale (Sh111 million), and two other properties in Muthaiga and Mtwapa worth Sh60 million.

Kirubi held shares in several companies among them KCB (Sh1.6 billion), Haco Industries (Sh801 million), Bendor Estate Limited (Sh5.6 billion), Smart Applications International Limited (Sh641 million), Two Rivers Development (Sh214 million), and Bayer East Africa (Sh1.8 billion). Other shares are in Kenya Re, Kenya Airways, Mumias Sugar Company, and Diamond Trust.

Further to these, the industrialist had two ban accounts holding Sh3 billion and Sh177 million respectively.

Kirubi, 80, died on June 14th, 2021 after a long battle with cancer that saw him seek treatment in the United States and locally. He was a renowned investor, industrialist, and entrepreneur with interests in manufacturing, media, real estate, insurance, and investment.


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