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September 17, 2026
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High Court Warns Families Against Excluding Daughters From Inheritance

High Court Warns Families Against Excluding Daughters From Inheritance

Traditional customs may have favoured sons in inheritance, prompting laws to protect daughters’ equal rights to family property...

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A High Court in Vihiga has revoked a man's grant to administer his late father's estate for failing to include his daughters in the succession proceedings. The court found this omission to be a fraudulent concealment of material facts, not a mere technical error.

  • The grant was issued in March 2022 but later challenged when the proposed distribution excluded all nine female beneficiaries.
  • The applicant, identified as the deceased's son, was found to have misled the court by omitting the daughters.
  • The court cited Article 27(4) of the Constitution, emphasizing that Kenyan law prohibits discrimination based on sex and grants equal inheritance rights to daughters as sons.

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