The family of former Nairobi deputy mayor Waithaka Machua are embroiled in bitter wars with the siblings baying for each other’s blood over vast wealth left behind by the late Kiambu mafia. At the centre of the war is Kiambu MP Machua Waithaka junior and his brother Goko Waithaka.
The war has divided the late tycoon’s home to an extent that his son Goko is now planning to flee Kenya over fears for his life. Goko is leading a faction of disgruntled family members who are accusing the Kiambu MP of squandering the family wealth on women and politics at the expense of his siblings.
Their late father was a pioneer Nairobi City Council from 1963 to 1992 during which he rose to the rank of a deputy mayor in the country’s capital. Machua served alongside the late billionaire Gerishom Kirima, Isaac Lugonzo, Charles Rubia and Margaret Kenyatta who rose to become the first African mayor of Nairobi.
Like any corrupt Kenyan politician, the former Industrial Area Ward Councillor used his political influence and ties to grab prime plots across Nairobi and acquire a number of properties through exploitation which has has now returned to haunt his family.
The late tycoon was one of the forces behind the creation of Mukuru Kayaba and Lunga Lunga villages but his money hungry children are now tarnishing the legacy he left behind by bitterly fighting over his wealth.
Hon. Waithaka Junior is using his political influence to shortage the rest of family members by turning his late father’s wealth into his own personal property and blocking other potential beneficiaries from accessing the wealth.
The late Machua initially recorded the MP as the only custodian of his property after the son relocated from the US but his brother Goko also followed him from the US and was equally enjoined as the custodian but the MP has made several attempts to frustrate his brother.
The lawmaker at one point took away with a whopping sh30 million that the family won as a result of a court case. He has now deployed agents to manually collect rents from their tenants as opposed to the initial plan where such cash were directedly deposited at the bank.
