The Delamere family has agreed to compensate the widow of a KWS ranger shot dead by Tom Cholmondeley’s ahead of the aristocrat’s burial on Friday.
Tom Cholmondeley will be laid to rest on Friday in his family’s farm in Soysambu in Gilgil.
Cholmondeley, who died last week while undergoing treatment in MP Shah Hospital, will be buried next to his grandfather’s grave, according to a family source.
This came as details emerged that the Delamere family had agreed to compensate the family of the late KWS game warden Samson Ole Sisina, who was shot dead by Cholmondeley in 2005.
The source said Cholmondeley’s father, Lord Hugh George Delamere, agreed to the compensation so as to clear the family’s name.
In addition, Sisina’s wife and some Maasai elders will collect assorted herd of cattle from the Delamere family as part of the compensation.
Sisina was among KWS officers who had raided the farm in May 2005 in search of game meat before he was shot dead by Cholmondeley
Cholmondeley was charged for murder but the then-AG, Amos Wako, terminated the case, drawing condemnation from various quarters.
In April 2006, Cholmondeley also shot dead Robert Njoya who was allegedly poaching in his farm.
Cholmondeley was charged with manslaughter, for which he served eight months in Kamiti Maximum Prison. The Delamere family compensated Njoya’s family.
“The wife of the late Njoya was given capital to start a business in Nakuru town while the Delamere family catered for the school fees of his two children two years later,” said the source.
Meanwhile, plans for Cholmondeley’s burial are in the final stages. His former wife, Sally Brewerton, and their two children jetted into the country ahead of the ceremony.
“The father of the late Tom has called for a low-key ceremony to celebrate the life of his son and around 200 guests are expected in his farm in Soysambu,” added the source. At the time of his death, Cholmondeley was the director and heir of the vast Delamere estates, which is involved in livestock production and growing of various livestock feeds.
