For such a close relative of one of Africa's richest men and Kenya's president for 24 years, Collins Kibet strikes one as odd.
He licks his dry and chapped lower lip, heaves deeply before taking a seat at a restaurant for this interview.
Kibet has a black khaki trouser on, a ribbed white shirt and is swathed in layers of pain that heavily weigh him down.
Many times Kibet's bad decisions have pushed him to the brink of life's precipice. The 45-year-old, however, prefers to call it fate.
"Being born in a family with a big name weighs heavily on your shoulders," he says.
"You are accorded minor deity status and woe unto you if you make any mistakes."
For years, Kibet has hit the headline for controversial reasons, which he said came because he missed the threshold for the life expected of a Moi.
In the latest case the grandson has petitioned court seeking to be given part of his inheritance from his father and grandfather's properties.
He had been evicted from a house over Sh240, 000 arrears accumulated over six months.
Kibet says he is yet to get his share of the father's estate, which he approximates at Sh70 billion, though the family places it at Sh30 billion according to court documents.
His grandfather's estate is approximated to be worth Sh300 billion.
"I live at the mercy of friends and well wishers who are already growing tired of me. I have no house and lodge in cheap hotels around the city," he said.
Kibet said it has been a challenge for him to get a job as the name Moi always clouds people's desire to employ him.
"People think I'm playing with their minds when I ask for a job. My license for flying is not applicable in Kenya. I need Sh1 million or more to renew it," he said.
He said he had tried venturing into business after getting his life back on track but when Covid-19 hit, he had to close shop.
Before, he had another case of stealing two phones from his daughter and her friend, a matter that was settled out of court.
The mother to the daughter and another child had also sued him for Sh1 million for the upkeep for the two children she said they had before they separated.
"I have been labelled a broke, deadbeat father, a drunk and a petty thief. Only the first part is true, I am broke," he said.
Kibet was born to Moi's firstborn Jonathan. Jonathan was 22 years old when Kibet was born.
At the age of four, Kibet said he moved to live with his father and grandfather in Eldama Ravine, where he grew up.
His parents, he said, never married and therefore when he was born, he stayed with his mother and maternal grandfather who was a very close ally to the former president.
"Unfortunately, my grandfather died in an accident just after dropping me off at President Moi's home where my father was," he said.
Though he got everything he needed growing up, Kibet said he missed the closeness of family and decided that to achieve his ideal family, he would wander wherever is furthest from politics.
After finishing high school, Kibet joined aviation school before he moved to the United States where he worked as a pilot.
"I was brought up by security guards, cooks and other workers. Family time was very rare for me growing up. I swore I would do it differently with my family," he said.
"I had just married and my wife was expecting our first child when we relocated to the US. I wanted to keep them away from the limelight, from being driven by delusions of deity."
The union that had been blessed with two sons would however end savagely in 2010 in what Kibet termed a bitter break-up that sent him into depression immediately.
"They say divorce is the first death in your life and if you come through it, you are reborn," Kibet said sorrowfully.
"There is no book on how to go through a divorce. So when I went through the hurt, I fell right into the bottle."
Kibet's biggest dream of an ideal family died with the divorce. His desire to have children raised by both parents failed.
He said the family came back to Kenya in a bid to save the marriage but it was broken beyond repair.
"As my ex-wife and children returned to America, I drowned myself in alcohol. I did not know who to talk to and the pain was unbearable," he said.
After years of drinking, he decided to turn his life around and was admitted to a rehabilitation centre.
Unknown to him, Kibet said his father was also grappling with depression at the time, but he was always there for him.
Though he always knew death was inevitable, Kibet said he did not expect his father who was in good health to die that soon.
Jonathan died of pancreatic cancer in April 2019, barely two weeks after being diagnosed with the disease that blocked an artery in his lungs.
He was 64, and had lived a rather reclusive life. His relationship with his father had collapsed and sources say Jonathan was close to his mother, Lena, whom Moi divorced in 1974.
He was also uncomfortable with his father’s bias for Gideon, his younger brother, who is Baringo Senator and the family head.
"My father did not know he had cancer until two weeks before he died. However even after finding out that he had stage four cancer, he kept it from us (his children)," he said.
Kibet regretted not having spent his father's last moments with him when he saw him unwell.
"I thought it was his problematic leg that was ailing him. He had an accident in the 80s where he broke his leg while on a Safari Rally," he explained.
He went into motor rallying in 1989, at the age of 35 where he clinched many trophies, including the coveted Kenya National Rally Championship title.
(Edited by Tabnacha O)
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