Sarah Wairimu, wife of slain Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen, wants the DCI and DPP to provide a Sh500 milion cover for damages, seizure and illegal detention of her house in Kitsuru.
In an application filed under urgency, Wairimu wants the court to order DCI George Kinoti to be personally summoned to appear in court to render a full account of the property.
He should provide a full inventory and steps taken by the office to preserve the condition of the Kitisuru house.
She also wants the DCI to provide the value of the estate of the deceased Cohen, held from September 10 to the date Kinoti surrenders possession to her.
“That the High court be pleased to order that the DCI and DPP provide an undertaking to Wairimu and the estate for damages to the tune of Sh500 million to cover the potential loss and damages of the estate (including the 50 per cent share of the property owned by Wairimu), for loss and damages for the illegal seizure and detention of the property,” she says in court papers.
Wairimu also wants the Registrar of Births and Deaths, Department of Civil Registration, ordered to issue a death certificate in respect of the deceased Tob Cohen.
In documents filed in court, Wairimu says she is the only widow of Cohen who lived with him as man and wife since 1998, before they solemnized their marriage on May 30, 2017 at the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nairobi.
She claims that she and Cohen jointly own all that property known as LR No. 2951 449, situated at Farasi Lane, Mugumoini Close, Lower Kabete, and the property was jointly purchased on or about June 7, 2000 and registered in the Cohen’s name by mutual agreement.
She adds that Cohen held the property in trust for both of them.
“After jointly purchasing the property, Wairimu and the deceased jointly began developing it sometimes in 2007 by erecting a dwelling house where they resided as a married couple together with their daughter Renee Gathoni Chattle,” she claims.
Wairimu says the property was their matrimonial home for 12 years.
