After a decade-long legal battle for recognition, Chepkoech Too has emerged victorious in a high-stakes succession case that has captivated Kenya. Last week, the High Court in the city of Eldoret officially declared her the biological daughter of the late Mark Kiptarbei Arap Too, a legendary power broker of the KANU era.
The ruling, delivered by Presiding Judge Anuro Wananda, grants Chepkoech legal status as a beneficiary of an estate estimated at Sh7 billion (about $54 million).
“The only way to resolve the issue of my paternity is to order a DNA test to enable me to get a share of my father’s estate,” Chepkoech previously stated in court, according to The Star Kenya. See More/Details