Results of DNA tests commissioned by Ken Okoth’s widow are out

The results of independent DNA tests which were commissioned by Ken Okoth’s widow, Monica, are out.

The results show that Ken Okoth sired Nairobi MCA Anne Thumbi’s 4-year-old son.

On Septmber 18, Monica Okoth was given 15 days to put an end to her suspicions over her husband’s DNA test results, which showed Okoth sired Nairobi MCA Anne Thumbi’s 4-year-old son.

DNA test results released on September 5, 2019 confirmed that there was a 99.99 per cent chance that Ken Okoth, who died on July 26, was the biological father of Thumbi’s child.

The magistrate’s court had ordered a DNA examination be conducted after the child, and her mother, were excluded from being part of the process of the late MP’s burial. Okoth’s family had refused to acknowledge Thumbi and her son as part of the family.

And on September 18, Ken Okoth’s mother Angeline Ajwang, widow Monica Okoth, and Anne Thumbi returned to court to make formal submissions on whether each of them had accepted or rejected the September 5 DNA test outcome.

Angeline Ajwang said she had accepted the DNA test results, and asked the court to terminate Thumbi’s case seeking to establish the paternity of her son.

Monica Okoth, on the other hand, wasn’t satisfied with the test results. She told the court that she had commissioned independent DNA tests on Okoth and Thumbi’s son, and was yet to receive the outcome.

Monica, therefore, asked the court to allow her 20 days to get the results, but the magistrate directed that she be given 15 days to confirm whether the tests commissioned by her would give different results.

The commercial court magistrate, M. Obura, directed that the matter be mentioned on October 2 after Monica receives her independent DNA test results.

And, on Wednesday, October 2, Monica submitted to the courts DNA test results which confirmed that her late husband is the biological father of Thumbi’s son.

“The DNA results obtained by the applicant indicate that the alleged father is not excluded as the biological father of the tested child,” read a part of Monica-Thumbi consent letter to the Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Court.

“The matter [should therefore] be marked as closed as other matters are to be dealt with by the High Court in the Probate and Administration Division,” said the letter.

Thumbi’s lawyer, Elkana Mogaka, says his client’s next move is to file a case at the High Court (Family Division), where her son would be listed as a partial inheritor of the Late Ken Okoth’s property.

Unconfirmed reports say, following the DNA test outcome, Monica has agreed to share the Late Okoth’s estate with Thumbi.

It remains unclear whether the Late Ken Okoth left a Will.