The High Court has directed officers from Kenya Prisons Service stationed at Manyani Maximum Prison to escort Jackson Kihara Gachagua to retrieve documents allegedly linked to the estate of his late father, former Nderitu Gachagua.
The dramatic court order followed claims by Jackson that the sensitive documents were hidden in a secret location under strict instructions from his late father before his death.
According to court proceedings, Jackson told the judge that the documents contain critical information touching on the vast estate left behind by the former Nyeri Governor and businessman, whose family succession battles have continued to attract public attention years after his death.
Jackson Kihara Gachagua is currently serving a 20-year jail term after being convicted in connection with the violent robbery of a motor vehicle reportedly linked to the late governor’s estate. Court records show the case dates back to a 2013 robbery incident in Nyeri involving a Toyota Sienta valued at over KSh760,000.
The latest development now adds a fresh twist to the long-running disputes surrounding the Gachagua family inheritance, with the imprisoned son insisting that he was entrusted with confidential estate documents by his father before his death.
In previous court appearances, Jackson claimed that powerful individuals within the family had been pressuring him to surrender the documents, arguing that the legal troubles surrounding him were connected to the succession wrangles over the multi-million-shilling estate.
The High Court’s decision to allow prison officers to escort him for the retrieval mission signals a major breakthrough in the matter, with the recovered documents expected to play a significant role in ongoing succession and property disputes linked to the Gachagua family.
The late Nderitu Gachagua, elder brother to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, died in 2017 after battling pancreatic cancer. Since then, several legal disputes touching on family property and inheritance have been filed in Kenyan courts.
