In most Kenyan communities, women were not allowed to inherit wealth from their parents as that was reserved for male heirs. ALSO READ: Women have a right to choose their co-wivesAt times, the parents inherit from their well up kids who at times improve the parents’ socio-economic status. One judge suggested they should swear an affidavit to show they have no claim to their parents’ wealth or inheritance. The property married women inherit from their parents is theirs, not the husbands’. My greatest fear is that the new laws could be a threat to the greatest institution, marriage and its economic benefits.

Source: Standard Digital November 21, 2017 14:03 UTC