Twins believed to be sons of the late Jonathan Moi now want retired President Daniel Moi to help them to be fully recognised by the royal family.
Mr Gerald Toroitich and his twin Geoffrey Toroitich on Thursday decried segregation in the ongoing burial arrangements, adding that it could jeopardise their future since they solely depended on their late father.
"We feel very sad and isolated when we are sidelined in the burial arrangements of our dear father yet we are legitimate sons and all our uncles and aunties including our father’s first wife Sylvia knows Jonathan is our dad,” said a teary Gerald.
There mother, who lives in Bondo, used to teach near Kabimoi when she dated their father. The two later on rejoined their father who has been paying for their upkeep.
According to them, they last met Jonathan in Nakuru where he told them about his deteriorating health. He however, assured them that they will be recognized even after his death.
But now, at 21, the two have accused their stepmother of sidelining them, adding that the move could interfere with their studies at Rift Valley Technical Institute in Eldoret.
They have asked the family's patriarch Mzee Daniel Moi to intervene and have the matter solved. For most part of their lives, they said, they have been living at Jonathan's late Mother Lena Moi's home in Eldama Ravine.
“We want even our grandfather Daniel arap Moi also to know that we are not involved in the burial of our father yet in our veins runs the blood of our grandfather. We want to be included in the burial and be recognised as we are legal sons of Jonathan and that is why we are staying at his later mother’s home because we are not outsiders,” said Gerald.
Mr Jonathan Moi died last week in Nakuru aged 64. He was a former Safari rally driver and retired in 1997. In 2002, he unsuccessfully contested for Eldama Ravine parliamentary seat.