Confusion is surrounding the succession of property of a former politician and renowned businessman in Nakuru, Kihika Kimani, after his widows demonstrated on Wednesday.
The widows accused one of them of colluding with her children to deny them a portion of their husband's inheritance.
The aggrieveted 7 windows stormed into a 42 acre farm in Engashura, broke the gate using a chain cutter and demanded to see Susan Kihika, the Nakuru county assembly speaker.
The widows say Ms. Kihika had liaised with her mother and personalised the family property. According to Hellen Wangare, who spoke on behalf of the widows, the speaker had diverted all monies received as rent and profits from businesses left behind by the late Kihika to her account and never wanted anybody to question her about the money.
"She is holding all of us hostage because she is a signatory to a majority of our family businesses. We are not enjoying the dues from our late husband's investment and feel we risk losing everything," she said.
She accused the assembly speaker of mixing family and politics, a move she says was ripping the family apart.
"We are demanding for what is ours because we are also his wives and have children to fend for, she should respect us, we are her mothers'," Wangare said.
Besides owning the Engashura 42 acre farm, the family also owns a school, Talanta Primary, secondary schools and a real estate with more than 250 flats.
It took the intervention of police at the nearby Engashura Police Station to calm the widows and further promised to involve the right people in solving the family feud.
Efforts to have Ms. Kihika comment on the issue were futile as her phone went unanswered.