[2025] KEHC 9537 (KLR)

[2025] KEHC 9537 (KLR)

The court found that the properties in question, specifically the Kahawa Sukari plot and the Mavoko parcels, were acquired during the subsistence of the marriage and thus constitute matrimonial property under the Matrimonial Property Act. Despite the lack of precise documentary evidence of each party’s contribution, the court accepted that both parties were employed and contributed financially and non-financially to the acquisition and improvement of the properties. The court applied the principle that, where contributions are substantial but unascertainable, equality is equity, and thus ordered equal division of the matrimonial properties. The court further held that certain vehicles...

Citation
[2025] KEHC 9537 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: PMM; Respondent: MGM
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Nairobi (Milimani Law Courts)
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Judgment Date
3 July 2025
Case Number
Civil Suit 81 of 2019
Procedural Posture
Civil Suit / Judgment
Outcome
partly allowed
Judges
HK Chemitei
Legal Topics
Matrimonial Property, Division of Property, Contribution Assessment, Ownership Dispute
Source Language
English
Family and Children Matrimonial Property Division of Property Contribution Assessment Ownership Dispute

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Parties

PMM

Applicant

MGM

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Suit / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the suit properties should be declared as jointly owned by the Plaintiff and the Defendant.
  2. 2 Whether the said suit properties should be distributed equally between the Plaintiff and the Defendant.
  3. 3 Whether the Defendant should be restrained from alienating or disposing of the suit property.

Ratio Decidendi

The court found that the properties in question, specifically the Kahawa Sukari plot and the Mavoko parcels, were acquired during the subsistence of the marriage and thus constitute matrimonial property under the Matrimonial Property Act. Despite the lack of precise documentary evidence of each party’s contribution, the court accepted that both parties were employed and contributed financially and non-financially to the acquisition and improvement of the properties. The court applied the principle that, where contributions are substantial but unascertainable, equality is equity, and thus ordered equal division of the matrimonial properties. The court further held that certain vehicles...

Court Disposition

partly allowed

Orders

  • The Kahawa Sukari plot (Ruiru Kiu Block 3/3XXXX) is declared matrimonial property and shall be shared equally (50:50) between the Applicant and Respondent.
  • Mavoko Town Block 3/XXXX and 91XXXX are declared matrimonial property and shall be shared equally between the parties.