Nairobi, Dec. 18 -- The death of a son of a key witness in a criminal case against a former Member of Parliament, who has been battling with his elder brother over the management and control of their family's Sh20 billion estate, has triggered an adjournment of the case to January 18, 2021.

Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku, trying Mr James Ndung'u Gethenji charged alongside six others, indulged State prosecutor Anderson Gikunda then put off the trial to enable Prof George Wajackoya organise the burial of his son, a 36-year-old pilot, who perished in a plane crash in the USA.

Mr Gikunda told the court that Prof Wajackoya had been listed as the next witness in the breach of peace case against Mr Gethenji, his co-director at Kihingo Village Wa...