Lucy Kabuu's ex-husband appeals ruling in Sh70M matrimonial estate
Crime and Justice
By
Daniel Chege
| Mar 11, 2026
Jeremiah Maina, ex-husband of Marathon Star Lucy Kabuu, on September 23, 2025. [Daniel Chege, Standard]
The former husband of marathon runner Lucy Kabuu has appealed a decision that locked him out of their matrimonial estate, estimated to be worth over Sh70 million. Jeremiah Wamungu, who has obtained a temporary stay of the judgment execution, says the ruling would cause him irreparable loss and damage. He accuses the court of making an error and exercising inequity when it granted Kabuu all the matrimonial properties without considering his monetary and non-monetary contributions.
“The appeal is not frivolous because it challenges the 100 per cent award of the rental houses despite Kabuu’s admission that I supervised the construction and I managed it,” he submits.
Wamungu says the order granting Kabuu a property in Silibwet, Nyandarua, was an impossibility as the plot was merged to form a bigger property, registered in his name. Justice Samwel Mohochi, on February 23, ruled that, of the entire estate comprising over 10 properties, Wamungu would only get 20 per cent of the matrimonial home in Nyahururu. The case will be mentioned on April 14.
He claims that the court failed to consider that he solely developed the prime property at Free Area, Nakuru, between 2015 and 2025, a year after he and Kabuu had separated.
He claims that he sold the four properties in Nyandarua to help develop the property at Free Area, and it was not for personal gain.
He states that the court ignored that he previously owned vehicles and properties, which he sold to help develop the matrimonial property, when Mohochi ruled that there was no evidence of his contribution.
“The judgment was based on a fundamental misapprehension of the facts and unreliable, contradictory evidence from Kabuu,” he avers.
He points out that Kabuu had admitted that he was her coach as an athlete and allegedly helped her excel as an athlete.
He faults the court for ignoring that he made substantial financial contributions to the family's welfare, including their child.
He challenges the court ruling that he was a financial parasite who rode on Kabuu’s money earned from her winnings in Marathon, including Dubai, Tokyo, London, and Chicago.
He states that he is so aggrieved by the judgment that he was willing to provide security by depositing the original title deed for his property in Nyandarua, pending the appeal.
According to Wamungu, he would unfairly lose the immovable property in an irreversible consequence, including interference with the title deed, possession, and possible third-party dealings.
Wamungu complains that he is a retired police officer with no other source of income, and the execution of the judgment would unfairly leave him destitute and homeless.
He adds that he has no pension or income and has entirely relied on the disputed rental properties for survival.
He states that he has three children who are currently in school and entirely dependent on the rental income from the Free Area Plot for their fees and upkeep.
In his judgement that ended a 12-year wrangle, Mohochi ruled that he was satisfied that Kabuu was the financial muscle of the marriage that existed between 2009 and 2014.
He ruled that Wamungu not only rode on Kabuu’s earnings but betrayed her trust.
The court exclusively granted Kabuu ownership of a five-floor rental flat in Umoja, properties in Bahati, Free Area, Matukanio, and two in Nyandarua.
Owing to non-monetary contribution, Mohochi ruled that their matrimonial home in Nyahururu will be shared between the two, with Kabuu getting an 80 per cent share, while Wamungu gets a 20 per cent share.
The case will be mentioned on April 14.