Mzee Jackson Kibor, a prominent businessman-cum-politician from Uasin Gishu county, is dead. He passed away on Wednesday at an Eldoret hospital where he had been receiving treatment.
Confirming the news, Mzee Kibor’s family said he had been battling illness since late 2020 and had been using medical oxygen ever since.
In 2017, Mzee Kibor made headlines after an Eldoret court allowed him to divorce his third wife, only months after divorcing his second wife with whom they had been married for over 50 years. He married a fourth wife soon after. His wife died in the 90s.
Kibor, who was nicknamed the Chairman of the Men’s Conference, was famed for good and contentious reasons.
While he was loved for his philanthropic gestures, Kibor, who was a man of many wives, on several occasions hit headlines for divorce cases as well as physical fights with his children over his vast property.
An Eldoret court in 2017 allowed Kibor to divorce his third wife about a year after divorcing his second wife with whom they had been married for over 50 years. He later married a fourth wife.
During Valentine’s Day, his name would become a trending topic as men who don’t value the day took to social media to write about the imaginary men’s conference they would be attending chaired by Mzee Kibor.
In 2019, however, he addressed a men’s gathering where he is reported to have advised men to be faithful to their wives.
“Kaa tu na mama, mama ni mzuri kama ako na heshima yake. Kuna mama wengine wazuri sana na kuna wale wabaya,” Kibor said as quoted by a local daily.
Kibor, whose first wife passed away over three decades ago, is survived by over 20 children.
