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Originally published by Kenyanstop
September 17, 2026
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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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