High Court Declares Section 29(c) of the Law of Succession Act Unconstitutional In a landmark ruling, the High Court of Kenya declared Section 29(c) of the Law of Succession Act unconstitutional. The judgment came from the case Dennis Kivuti Mungai vs Attorney General [2025]. The court found the provision discriminatory against widowers. This section required...Read More

The current land laws came as a relief to many families, especially for women and their children. This is so especially with family property and especially the matrimonial home. Husbands were the sole custodians and owners of the matrimonial homes and would dispose them and charge them at will, without considering the effect of rendering...Read More