The family of the late internal security minister professor george saitoti has obtained orders from the high court stopping criminal proceedings against saitoti’s widow on allegations of abduction and illegal confinement.
Zachary musengi saitoti and his mother margaret told justice isaack lenaola how the family has faced extortion, threat to their lives and blackmail.
The judge issued orders stopping the nakuru chief magistrate from proceeding with a case seeking to charge saitoti’s widow with abduction until her petition is heard and determined.
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The legal dispute over the parentage of Zachary Musengi, the adopted son of the late Kenyan Vice President George Saitoti, has been officially concluded.
The Court of Appeal ruled that Zachary is not the biological son of Sebastian Ngunju and Elizabeth Maina, a couple from Subukia, Nakuru County, who had claimed he was their abducted child.
The court also upheld a 2013 consent order that barred the couple from making such claims again.
The couple had alleged that Zachary, originally named Stephen Wachira, was kidnapped from their home in 1988 and later recognized him during media coverage of Prof. Saitoti’s funeral in 2012.
However, investigations by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) concluded that Zachary was not their son. The couple had filed a private prosecution case against Mrs. Margaret Saitoti, accusing her of concealing their son, but this was dismissed.
Despite the court’s findings, Mr. Ngunju expressed frustration, claiming he was not consulted before the consent order was signed. He alleged that his lawyer had acted without his instructions and that he had not authorized the withdrawal of the case.
With the Court of Appeal’s decision, the legal matter has been resolved, affirming that Zachary Musengi is indeed George Saitoti’s son.
