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A Kwale Kadhi's Court divided a deceased Muslim man's two land parcels equally among his five children and appointed two of them administrat
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage where a husband failed to maintain his wife, awarded her unpaid dowry, custody and monthly child
A Garissa Kadhis' Court ruled heirs who improve family property without consent get only fair compensation, and one heir can keep the plot b
A Kenyan Kadhis' Court confirmed that divorce pronounced in ordinary anger is still valid and awarded a mother sole custody, support, and th
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court granted a wife a Khul' divorce after 33 years of marriage, confirming she can end the marriage by returning her dowry
Kenya's Kadhi's Court ruled a wife can enforce an agreement that her husband won't take another wife, and breach justifies dissolving the ma
A Kenyan Kadhis' Court confirmed a second widow and her children as rightful heirs and cancelled a property sale made without all heirs' con
A Moyale Kadhi's Court dissolved a marriage, gave the wife custody, and blocked sale of the family plot to protect the children.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court jailed a man for six months for ignoring court orders and ruled that county officials cannot transfer land ownership.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court granted a mother custody, unpaid dowry of Kshs 120,000 and Kshs 50,000 monthly maintenance after her husband ignored
Kenya's Kadhi's Court ordered most of a family's inheritance funds released, letting an advocate keep only 40% pending a fee dispute.
A Kenyan Kadhi's Court ruled that a Muslim widow must vacate estate property and account for rent collected, keeping only her 25% inheritanc
Nairobi's Kadhi's Court dissolved a secret Islamic marriage after a husband abandoned his duties, confirming wives don't lose rights in unpu
Kenya's Kadhi's Court confirmed it can decide custody and maintenance in divorce cases, granting a mother physical custody while protecting
A Mombasa Kadhis' Court ruled children must stay in their Nairobi school mid-year, putting their education above a parent's wish to relocate
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
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 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 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 Moyale Kadhi's Court confirmed one divorce, gave the mother custody, and ordered the father to pay Kshs 10,000 monthly child maintenance p