Shocking details have emerged about the late freedom fighter Fred Kubai's will and the weird things he wanted to happen once he died.
Kubai who died on the Madaraka Day of 1996 was not as popular with the media like his fellow freedom fighters such as Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
A will he left behind, which has been the source of a court battle for the last 23 years reveals some of the things he wanted, including being buried within 36 hours of his death.
He dishonours all his four wives, leaving his house help Christina Gakuhi as his sole inheritor.
The handwritten document dated January 19, 1991, has been in court with his other wives claiming that Gakuhi forged the document.
In the will, he directs that he is to be buried in a cheap coffin made from off-cut timber, adding that the burial was to be overseen by Gakuhi and attended by a few family members.
Gakuhi, whom she married after separating with the others, was also to ensure that there was no Harambee in his funeral, also noting that no drinking or eating would be involved.
In the two-page document, he also directed that there was not to be any speeches and did not want either his coffin or grave draped in flowers. Gakuhi was also left in charge of his estate.
He also indicates that he parted ways with his four other women before settling for Gakuhi who had two children from a previous relationship and with whom they didn't have a child.
The will has since been cleared of any manipulation, as his wives have been claiming that Gakuhi tampered with it.
It has since been approved by two judges; Justice Chacha Mwita and Family Court Judge Asenath Ongeri on August 2, 2019.
“I find the testator catered for all of his beneficiaries in the said will. His beneficiaries were his previous wives and children,” she ruled.
Gakuhi will now be compensated to a sum of Sh1 million after former Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko charged her with forgery of the document.
Kubai was part of the Kapenguria Six who were held for years at the Lokitaung Prison in Kapenguria, West Pokot, in line with the push for the 1963 independence.
He was held alongside Kenyatta, Achieng Oneko, Kungu Karumba, Paul Ngei and Bildad Kaggia.