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Kenya's Kericho Kadhi's Court granted a woman a divorce and KES 10,500 for her broken phone after her husband ignored court service entirely
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court confirmed that a deceased Muslim's estate passes under Islamic law automatically, without needing letters of administ
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed a Muslim man's will in part, ruling Islamic inheritance law—not the Law of Succession Act—governs Muslim est
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court granted a Muslim couple's divorce, gave the mother custody, ordered the father to pay maintenance, but refused to di
A Moyale Kadhi's Court ruled that a widow must share her late husband's estate with his children under Islamic law, fixing each heir's perce
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage and ruled a wife seeking divorce need not always refund her dowry.
Kenya's Kadhi's Court upheld a widow's 1993 Muslim marriage, ruling her certificate could not be stamped invalid without a fair hearing.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court confirmed Muslims can choose not to have inheritance disputes heard in Kadhi's Court, but cannot veto where a case is
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court froze estate land and ordered an estate custodian to disclose years of collected rent, but declined to force the mone
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed a talaq divorce valid, awarded a housewife 12.5% of matrimonial property for her non-monetary contribution,
Kenya's Kadhi's Courts can hear Muslim family cases filed where either spouse lives, so you don't have to travel back to where your marriage
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage on proven cruelty, awarding the wife unpaid dowry, edda maintenance, mata', custody, and a 10%
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court upheld a Muslim man's will and his chosen executor, striking out only one clause that could have denied heirs their i
A Moyale Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken Islamic marriage, kept the child with the mother, and ordered the father to pay monthly support.
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed that a talaq not revoked during the iddah becomes final, so the woman's later marriage was valid.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court granted a woman a divorce, custody of her two children, and the right to collect her belongings after her husband fai
Kenya's Kadhi's Court annulled a marriage and awarded a wife KES 50,000 as mata'a despite her Khul' divorce plea, since the parties had alre
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court cut a wife's maintenance demand sharply and refused to freeze her husband's property, confirming that matrimonial pro
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court ruled that adultery claims need four eyewitnesses, dismissed a husband's case, and allowed the wife to end the marria
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court gave custody to the father, denied the mother a property share for lack of proof of contribution, but awarded her KE
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed it can decide child custody disputes between Muslims, then granted the father monthly access and restricted
A Nairobi Kadhi's Court confirmed a Muslim couple's divorce and ruled that jointly purchased property belongs 50-50, even after one spouse s
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed it can decide whether a marriage was valid even while a High Court succession case over the same family's es
Kenya's Kadhi's Court granted a wife a Khul' divorce, gave her physical custody, but insisted the father keeps real access and pays Kshs 25,
Kenya's Kadhi's Court gave a divorced mother interim custody of her baby, halved her maintenance claim, but deferred edda payments until tri