Nairobi, Feb. 28 -- The High Court has temporarily stopped a planned forensic audit of the estate of the late Kiambu tycoon Nginyo Kariuki after some of the beneficiaries failed to agree on the scope of work to be carried out by the auditor.

In January, High Court Judge Abigail Mshila had settled on Brian Forensics LLP to carry audit the estate within 60 days from the date of the ruling. However, Sarah Mukuhi and Rose Wanjiru went back to court arguing that the auditor sought to impose on the parties its perceived scope of work as well as the terms of reference of the exercise.

Further, the duo claimed that the auditor allegedly elected to exclude them from participating or being appraised of any developments of the intended audit.

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