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Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed that a Muslim wife cannot be forced to live with her husband's parents and has a right to her own accommodat
A Kenyan court ruled that death compensation for a Kenyan Muslim working in Qatar must be shared under Islamic inheritance law, not work-inj
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court ordered an estate beneficiary to pay a widow Kshs. 251,422.50 in rental income she was owed from her late husband's e
Nakuru's Kadhi's Court granted a woman a divorce after her husband ignored court papers, and ordered him to return her belongings.
A Nakuru Kadhi's Court granted a woman a divorce after her husband ignored the petition, showing Kenyan Kadhi's courts will decide quickly o
A Moyale Kadhi's Court awarded a man 12 plots of inherited land after the estate administrator blocked the process, showing obstruction can
A Kericho Kadhi's Court threw out an eviction bid because the other side were not Muslim and the applicants had no grant of representation.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage by Talaq and turned the couple's own agreement into a binding court order covering dowry, money,
A Kenyan Kadhis' Court confirmed that an unpaid dowry doesn't invalidate an Islamic marriage, and formally registered the couple's union.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved an eight-year-abandoned marriage and awarded the mother custody, unpaid dowry, and Kshs. 1.44 million in ch
The Kericho Kadhi's Court dismissed a challenge to its jurisdiction, confirming that Kadhi's Courts' territorial reach is set by statute, no
Kenya's Kadhi's Court declared a 'misyar' marriage invalid for lacking a bride's guardian, but sent the land dispute elsewhere.
When an heir dies after a Kenyan succession case ends, you cannot ask the court to amend its old judgment — you must file a fresh succession
A Moyale Kadhis' Court dissolved a marriage over abuse and addiction, ruling that a served defendant who ignores court proceedings risks jud
A Mombasa Kadhi's Court protected a wife from eviction from her matrimonial home but ordered rental income shared 35/65 with her husband pen
Kericho Kadhis' Court set aside an ex-parte divorce judgment because the wife was never properly served and the husband's affidavit was inva
A Mombasa Kadhi's Court dissolved an Islamic marriage, gave the mother full custody, and ordered the father to pay monthly and backdated mai
A Kenya Kadhi's Court confirmed that verbal triple divorce is valid without a certificate, and widows are entitled to fixed inheritance shar
A Mombasa Kadhi's Court ruled that money a child spends on a parent's property doesn't make it theirs — the estate belongs to all six childr
A Mombasa Kadhi's Court confirmed that a deceased Muslim employee's death benefits must be shared among his mother, widow, son and daughter
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed it can keep distributing a deceased Muslim's estate until every heir actually receives their share.
Kenya's Kadhi's Court cannot decide who owns land in a succession dispute—ownership must be settled by the Magistrate's or Environment and L
A Moyale Kadhi's Court confirmed one divorce, gave the mother custody, and ordered the father to pay Kshs 10,000 monthly child maintenance p
A Kenyan Kadhis' Court allowed late-filed M-Pesa statements as evidence in an estate dispute because they were brief, corroborative, and cau