Nairobi, Feb. 20 -- A legal tussle over the ownership of a property valued at Sh200 million has turned two prominent political families against each other.

The property in Uasin Gishu County is the subject of a lawsuit pitting the family of Kanu era Cabinet Minister, the late Nicholas Biwott, and that of former State House Comptroller, the late Abraham Kiptanui.

Mr Wilson Arap Maina, the younger brother of the late Kiptanui, is the plaintiff in the case against a company associated with Biwott's widow, Nominated Senator Margaret Kamar, and her daughter Maria Soti.

Mr Maina took Prof Kamar and her daughter to court for failure to transfer two prime parcels of land he bought from them through his company Kobilo Farm Limited six years ago...