Family feud over 37-acre Uasin Gishu land takes legal twist as court seeks lineage proof
The legal dispute pits Abraham Chebii, a senior driver with the JSC, against the family of the late Philip Cheruiyot over ownership of prime agricultural land in Kaptagat valued at approximately Sh100 million.
A long-running inheritance dispute over a 37-acre piece of land in Uasin Gishu County has taken a new twist after the High Court summoned the Registrar of Persons to clarify the family background of a man claiming to be the rightful heir.
The legal battle involves Abraham Chebii, a senior driver with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), and the family of the late Philip Cheruiyot over ownership of prime agricultural land in Kaptagat, estimated to be worth Sh100 million.
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Justice Robert Wananda of the Eldoret High Court directed the Principal Registrar of Persons, based at the Nairobi headquarters, to either appear in court or send a representative to present documents related to Chebii’s lineage.
Scheme to disinherit him
Chebii told the court the land belonged to his late father, Paul Cherono, and said he inherited it directly. He denied the defendants' claim that Cherono died childless, arguing it was part of a scheme to disinherit him and his sister.
“My father had two children, a boy and a girl, before separating from our mother Esther Chebet more than 40 years ago,” Chebii told the court.
He also said he had documentary proof showing that his late father owned the contested land.
Chebii further claimed that Cherono had merely leased the land to Philip Cheruiyot over 60 years ago, and that his father retained ownership, along with other property in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
However, the family of the late Cheruiyot, through his eldest son Cledy Kiprono, dismissed Chebii’s claims, accusing him of trying to interfere with their rightful inheritance.
“We inherited this land from our late father. Chebii should stick to Iten in Elgeyo Marakwet, where he lives, and stop interfering with our 37-acre land in Uasin Gishu,” Kiprono said.
The case is scheduled for mention on October 1, 2025.
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