Ojodeh widow ‘has enough cash for fees’

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By NATION CORRESPONDENT
Posted  Monday, September 24  2012 at  20:18

IN SUMMARY

• The mother, Mrs Ulda Ojodeh, had moved to court and obtained an order stopping the House from releasing benefits to her son’s widow pending the hearing and determination of her application.
• The widow, through lawyer Fred Okeyo, had told the court that she was suffering since she was now responsible for all the liabilities left behind by her husband after his death in a helicopter crash.
• She said the most urgent obligation was payment of her son’s college fees for his Master’s degree abroad.

Former assistant minister Orwa Ojodeh’s mother has denied claims by her daughter-in-law, Mrs Mary Ojodeh, that she is unable to pay her son’s college fees without accessing compensation funds from Parliament.

The mother, Mrs Ulda Ojodeh, had moved to court and obtained an order stopping the House from releasing benefits to her son’s widow pending the hearing and determination of her application.

The widow, through lawyer Fred Okeyo, had told the court that she was suffering since she was now responsible for all the liabilities left behind by her husband after his death in a helicopter crash.

She said the most urgent obligation was payment of her son’s college fees for his Master’s degree abroad.

Compensation

But 83-year-old Ulda Ojodeh, through lawyer Charles Kanyangi, on Monday told Mr Justice David Onyancha that her daughter- in-law was capable of meeting her family needs without heavily relying on Parliament’s compensation funds.

She said the daughter-in-law was employed as a manager and also managed several enterprises left behind by her husband from which she earned profit and collected rental income.

She said the daughter-in-law had filed another succession case, excluding her, yet she was also a dependant. (READ: Ojodeh family in new court row)

The matter was set for hearing before Lady Justice Joyce Khaminwa on Monday. But they were referred to Mr Justice Onyancha’s court after a ruling by the judges vetting board that the presiding judge was unfit to serve in the Judiciary.

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