JUDGMENT
1. The appellants, Noordin Farooq, Ahmed Tarlook Farooq, Jatani Farooq (suing through her mother and next of friend Maimuna Mohammed Ibrahim (who is also the 4th respondent herein)), seek to overturn the judgment of the High Court (Gacheche, J.) delivered on 18th March, 2011 in which the learned Judge dismissed their objection to the issuance of the grant of letters of administration to the respondent in Nairobi Succession Cause No. 1679 of 2007 to administer the estate of her late mother, Jatani Nawa Gube (deceased). The learned Judge also dismissed the appellants’ cross petition filed in the said proceedings.
2. The gist of their objection was that the 1st and 2nd appellants were opposed to the respondent’s appointment as the sole administrator of the deceased’s estate which they claimed they were rightfully entitled to participate in its administration. They also complained that the 1st and 2nd appellants had been omitted from the list of beneficiaries to the said estate and…