Daniel Komen in legal battle with wife after allegedly selling Ksh100M property
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According to court documents, the land was sold for just Ksh10 million, a fraction of its estimated Ksh100 million value
The family of retired legendary athlete Daniel Komen is embroiled in a fierce legal dispute after his wife, Dr. Joyce Kimosop Komen, accused him of allegedly selling their matrimonial property, valued at over Ksh100 million, without her consent.
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Dr. Komen, a senior lecturer at Moi University, told the Eldoret High Court on Monday, 31 June, that the property in question, an 89-hectare piece of land located in Eldoret South (L.R No. 8638/26), was sold by her husband to fellow athletes and businessmen behind her back.
Appearing before Justice Reuben Nyakundi, she insisted that the property was acquired and developed jointly during their marriage and should be protected as matrimonial property.
She further argued that her husband held the land in trust for the family, and that the sale was not only done without her involvement, but also at a gross undervaluation.
According to court documents, the land was sold for just Ksh10 million, a fraction of its estimated Ksh100 million value.
Dr. Komen has now asked the court to cancel the sale agreements made between her husband and the four defendants, among them Beijing Olympics gold medalist Brimin Kipruto and two Uasin Gishu-based cereal traders, Felix Lagat and Peter Lagat.
The senior lecturer told the court that she was shocked to learn that Kipchoge, who is also a two-time Olympic champion, and Kipruto, an Olympic 3000m steeplechase gold medalist, were claiming to have purchased a section of their matrimonial property.
“It is incomprehensible that such a prime family asset could be sold in secrecy and at throwaway prices,” she said.
The legal tussle is set to continue on Friday, 11 July, when Komen is expected to appear in court to respond to the claims and explain the circumstances surrounding the sale of the property.
This is not the first time the former middle-distance great has faced legal trouble.
In 2017, Komen was arraigned in court on forgery charges after allegedly fraudulently obtaining a Suzuki Escudo valued at Ksh1.7 million by pretence.
He was accused of issuing bounced cheques and presenting false documents in the transaction. He denied all the charges and was released on a Ksh300,000 cash bail.
Komen, who still holds the world records in both the 3000m (7:20.67) and the two-mile race, is widely regarded as one of the greatest track athletes of the 1990s.
