The High Court in Tanzania has today rejected a Will that was allegedly written by the late prominent business tycoon Reginald Mengi. The court says the Will is invalid.
The reasons for the ruling include the fact that the Will was not sealed and the existing signature was different from the usual signature of the late Reginald Mengi. At the same time, the writing of the Will was not witnessed by any of the deceased's relative or wife.
The family claims that the tycoon had no capacity to draw the purported Will since he was facing serious health issues at the time the Will was written. The most curious aspect of the Will was that it removed from inheritance, the deceased’s children and bequeathed the deceased’s estate to his new spouse (Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi) and her twin children (including assets belonging to the first wife –which had apparently been included in the Will).
The family successfully argued that the said will (as it was) complicates the duty to uphold the family name and legacy by those who have been disinherited. To be disinherited (as is the case with Mengi's children) must be done according to Chagga traditions or involving relatives, both of which were not followed.
Reginald Mengi died on May 2, 2019 in Dubai, UAE. He had been unwell since 2016.
(In short, they are alleging that the new wife (in the photo) forged the Will- or engineered the forging of the Will- removed the children from the first marriage and other family members from the Will, left all of Mengi's wealth -including assets from the first wife- to herself and her twins.)
The reasons for the ruling include the fact that the Will was not sealed and the existing signature was different from the usual signature of the late Reginald Mengi. At the same time, the writing of the Will was not witnessed by any of the deceased's relative or wife.
The family claims that the tycoon had no capacity to draw the purported Will since he was facing serious health issues at the time the Will was written. The most curious aspect of the Will was that it removed from inheritance, the deceased’s children and bequeathed the deceased’s estate to his new spouse (Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe Mengi) and her twin children (including assets belonging to the first wife –which had apparently been included in the Will).
The family successfully argued that the said will (as it was) complicates the duty to uphold the family name and legacy by those who have been disinherited. To be disinherited (as is the case with Mengi's children) must be done according to Chagga traditions or involving relatives, both of which were not followed.
Reginald Mengi died on May 2, 2019 in Dubai, UAE. He had been unwell since 2016.
(In short, they are alleging that the new wife (in the photo) forged the Will- or engineered the forging of the Will- removed the children from the first marriage and other family members from the Will, left all of Mengi's wealth -including assets from the first wife- to herself and her twins.)
She couldn't sing to save her inheritance 
