BENSON CHAMPU KAPAREWO
V.
RABECA CHEPKUTO KIPERENGE

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

BACKGROUND

1. This appeal relates to the estate of the late Kiperenge Paparewa Miapen (the deceased), who died intestate on 24^th December 2000. Following his death, his son, Benson Champu Kaparewo, the appellant herein, applied for a grant of letters of administration in order to administer the estate of the deceased. The grant was issued to him on the 23^rd July 2007 and was later confirmed on 13^th November 2008. On 27^th April 2015, the respondent Rabeca Chepkuto Kiperenge who is a daughter to the deceased applied for a summons seeking various orders that:

a) the grant of letters of administration in respect of the estate of the deceased issued to the appellant be revoked or annulled;

b) the appellant be restrained from further administering the estate or disposing off the estate;

c) that the Court do nullify the proceedings leading to the confirmation of the grant; and

d) that the summons for confirmation of the grant be heard de novo.

2. The respondent based her appli…