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A Nyeri Kadhi's Court declined to distribute a deceased person's land because ownership was disputed and only the Environment and Land Court
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court denied a wife's divorce for insufficient evidence but let her leave the marriage by returning her dowry, while orderi
Kenya's Kadhi's Court dissolved a broken marriage and ordered the husband to pay dowry and maintenance in cows within 30 days.
A Kenyan Kadhis' Court granted a Muslim wife a divorce through Khul'a and refused her husband's claim for wedding expenses because dowry was
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court allowed a deceased person's land to be registered directly in the buyer's name because the heirs had already sold the
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed a newly elected mosque committee must take over leadership and property from officials who refused to step d
A Bungoma Kadhi's Court dissolved a 1995 Islamic marriage after desertion and religious conversion, splitting custody of four children betwe
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed how a Muslim family's estate is shared: widow gets one-eighth, sons each double a daughter's share.
A Kenyan Kadhis Court granted a woman a divorce after a witness proved her husband had pronounced talaka, but left the children with their f
Kenya's Kadhis' Court at Garsen confirmed that a Muslim estate must be shared by fixed Quranic shares: widow one-eighth, mother one-sixth, s
Kenya's Kadhis' Court ruled that a widow married under customary law cannot inherit from a Muslim estate because Islamic law requires a vali
Kenya's Kadhis' Court ruled that a customary marriage does not entitle a widow and her children to inherit from a deceased Muslim's estate u
A Malindi Kadhi's Court divided a deceased Muslim man's estate among his mother, widow, sons and daughters strictly according to Islamic inh
Kenya's Kadhis' Court dissolved a Muslim marriage on Faskhu grounds where a husband was cruel, absent, and unpaid, and ordered him to pay th
A Kenyan Kadhis' Court allowed a wife to divorce by forfeiting her dowry under khulu, and ordered her husband to cover unpaid utility bills.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court confirmed a late-recognized son inherits his Muslim father's estate and no administration grant is needed to claim it
A Kisumu Kadhis' Court dissolved a marriage by faskh after a husband abandoned his family and stopped providing maintenance for over a year