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Casper Waithaka
4 August 2010
Nairobi — A daughter of former MP Gerishon Kirima on Wednesday locked herself in her father's Kitisuru house, a day after his sons and daughters broke into the home demanding to see the ailing politician.
The Kirima family has been locked in a legal dispute over the management of his vast estate, estimated at over Sh750 million.
Ms Maria Kirima, a businesswoman in the United Kingdom, told the Nation on phone that she would not leave the house for fear that her step-family might not allow her back to be with her father.
"They want to lock us out from him. We just want him to know what is happening as our father," she said.
Ms Kirima is the daughter of Agnes, Kirima's first wife, who died in 2006. Mr Kirima is a former assistant minister and also served as Starehe MP.
The family members forced their way into the home on Tuesday, claiming a relative had denied them access to Mr Kirima.
Ms Kirima said her father was on Wednesday hosting a delegation of bishops from the Africa Inland Church Ziwani where he served as an elder for more than 30 years.
Another son, Mr Steve Kirima, said he was worried about his sister, saying some relatives were intimidating her.
The PNU councillor in Nairobi's central business district said: "We want to talk and make sure that our father is safe and well."
On Wednesday , a gate keeper denied journalists access to the home. The gate had been repaired that morning and had fresh welding marks on it.
After 30 minutes, a man who identified himself as Ben said: "Mzee amelala (The old man is asleep)" and that he would not receive visitors.
The family has been embroiled in a court battle where the eldest son wants to be allowed to manage his fathers' vast interests, which he claims are being mismanaged by third parties.
Mr Kirima had three wives, but separated from the second. The third wife, Teresia, raised children of the second wife. He has 12 children and 30 grandchildren.
