The late Ken Walibora’s family is still not able to trace some of his wealth a year after his mysterious death in an alleged accident within Nairobi’s CBD.
His brother Patrick Wafula while commemorating his death a few days ago pleaded with the government to help trace some of his brother’s wealth which include an estate and royalties.
Wafula who is the Principal at Kipsoen High School in Elgeyo Marakwet said it has become hard for the family to trace Walibora’s wealth because they know nothing about it.
He said that Walibora was a secretive person who rarely spoke of his wealth or investment.
Thus, his death left his family in the dark as to just how much he owned but later learnt that he has property and money that should be coming in from royalties.
Wafula asked for help from relevant government agencies saying that his brother’s wealth could be in the wrong hands and not his family.
Walibora’s wife and children reside in the US, therefore, his relatives in Kenya are the ones who manage the already known property.
Walibora was 56 when he died. He is reportedly said to have been knocked down by a matatu on April 10 along Landhies Road in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) while crossing the road.
He went missing from then until Wednesday, April 15 when his body was identified at Kenyatta National Hospital Mortuary (KNH).
He worked at the Nation Media Group in the capacity of quality manager for Kiswahili until January 2017.
Siku Njema, a Kiswahili novel published in 1996 catapulted him to fame in Kenyan education circles. Kidagaa Kimemwozea, another of his famous works was used as Kiswahili set book in high school.
Walibora had a doctorate in Comparative Studies.
Walibora served as an assistant professor in African languages at the University of Wisconsin in the US. He also worked at the Riara University in Kenya as a lecturer in the School of International Relations and Diplomacy.
Most of his literal works – Ndoto ya Amerka published in 2003, Kisasi Hapana (2009) and Sauti ya Mama published in 2015 have all won the highly-coveted Jomo Kenyatta Literary Prize.
