JUDGMENT OF WAKI, J.A
Background ...........
This is a succession matter relating to the estate of STEPHEN RONO RONGOEICHERONO who died instate on 15th July, 1988 at the age of 64. He was a farmer in Uasin Gishu. At the time of his death he left a sizeable number of properties, both moveable and immoveable. He was also survived by two wives and nine children (six daughters and three sons). In Probate and Administration Cause No. 40/88, the High Court in Eldoret granted Letters of Administration to the two widows and the eldest son without objection from other members of the family. Disputes however soon arose about the distribution of the assets and liabilities of the estate and viva voce evidence was recorded for determination of the distribution by the court. Ultimately on 12.06.97, Nambuye, J. delivered her judgment (dated 05.05.97) determining the distribution. The second widow however, together with her children, was dissatisfied with that judgment and so preferred an appeal to thi…