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MGD v ADA [2025] KEKC 22 (KLR)
The Kadhis Court dissolved a Muslim marriage, upheld two talaq pronouncements, awarded custody of seven children to the mother, and ordered maintenance and housing relief.
DGS v ATR [2023] KEKC 25 (KLR)
The court found that the defendant had already submitted to the jurisdiction of the Kadhi's Court by participating in the proceedings and seeking relief, and her subsequent objection was an abuse of process. The marriage was established as having been conducted under Islamic law, with evidence of dowry and religious ceremony. The court held that both plots in dispute constituted matrimonial property, acquired and developed during the marriage, and that the defendant was entitled to a 12.5% share based on her non-monetary contributions. On custody, the court determined that the best interests…
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YN v MMK [2023] KEKC 7 (KLR)
The Kadhi’s Court dissolved the marriage, awarded unpaid dowry, dismissed edda maintenance, and found both Nairobi properties were jointly owned with equal shares.
ZZI v ASY [2023] KEKC 6 (KLR)
Interlocutory divorce ruling on custody, child maintenance, and edda maintenance. The court granted the mother interim custody, ordered monthly child maintenance, and rejected edda maintenance at this stage.
VNO v MKH [2022] KEKC 151 (KLR)
The Kadhi’s Court dissolved the parties’ marriage, denied edda maintenance, and ordered child maintenance, custody, access, and payment of outstanding dowry.
In re Estate of Omar Mohamed Musa (Deceased) [2022] KEKC 161 (KLR)
The Kadhis Court found an Islamic marriage, confirmed Hassan Omar’s legitimacy, held both women were divorced before death, and distributed the estate under Islamic shares.
SVKK v ANC [2022] KEHC 1242 (KLR)
High Court ruling on stay of execution in a family appeal. The court granted a conditional stay, requiring Kshs.300,000 to be deposited within 30 days.
IAD v IAS [2021] KEKC 1 (KLR)
The court found that the marriage had irretrievably broken down, with the respondent having pronounced divorce and refusing reconciliation. The respondent admitted non-payment of dowry and was ordered to pay the agreed sum. On paternity, the court held that the child was born within the period of legal wedlock, the petitioner was visibly pregnant during proceedings, and the respondent provided no evidence or availed himself of DNA testing. Under Islamic law and Kenyan statutes, a child born within a legal marriage is presumed to be the husband's unless paternity is denied through the strict l…
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SSG v SGR [2021] KEKC 6 (KLR)
The court found that the marriage was validly dissolved by the respondent’s unilateral divorce, and the petitioner was entitled to a divorce certificate. Under Islamic law, the petitioner was entitled to edda maintenance for the waiting period and a mata’ conciliatory gift, with the quantum determined by the duration of marriage and the respondent’s financial capacity. The court confirmed its jurisdiction over children custody and maintenance matters involving Muslims, relying on constitutional and statutory interpretation and persuasive authority. Custody of the minor children was granted to…
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AA v HSS [2021] KEHC 55 (KLR)
The High Court found that the appellant was solely responsible for the divorce, having issued the divorce (talaka) without just cause and after refusing attempts at reconciliation. Under Islamic law, this triggered the obligation to pay mutah and eddah. The court held that mutah is an established obligation, not strictly quantified, but to be assessed reasonably according to the husband's means and the circumstances. The appellant failed to provide evidence of inability to pay, and the amounts awarded by the Kadhi (Kshs 200,000 for mutah and Kshs 400 per day for 90 days for eddah) were found…
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