Governor Nyong’o fined Ksh 400,00 for court contempt – KBC

Kisumu county governor professor Peter Anyang Nyongo and the sister have been fined Ksh 400,000 each or one month in jail for contempt of court.

The two had failed to appear in person before Kisumu high court judge Thrispin Cherere today as directed on 28th of May.

Governor Nyong’o and the sister will also pay 50,000 shillings each month starting July 20th if they fail to comply with the court orders.

Judge Cherere delivered the judgment after the two failed yet again to appear before the court as directed on 27th of may this week.

In their defense, the respondents through their lawyer Jefferson Museve had wanted the court to adjourn the case to allow the family to mourn the demise of their mother.

Governor Nyongo and the sister Risper Nyongo were facing contempt of court case after they failed to comply with court orders that had ruled that they include two of their nephews Geoffrey Omondi and Kennedy Odhiambo as administrators of their father’s vast estate.

The court also directed that Nyongo and the sister open a new account which will hold all the proceeds from any transactions on the family land, directives that the defense lawyers say are yet to be complied with.

Nyongo and the sister are expected to also file the returns of the account as on the 20th of July 2017.