RENUNCIATION OF THE RIGHT TO INHERITANCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KENYAN AND FOREIGN JURISPRUDENCE
By Samuel Wahome Kimani, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya Kenyan succession law is governed under the Law of Succession Act[1] which provides inter alia for the definition and consolidation of the law relating to intestate and testamentary succession and the administration of estates of deceased persons. The Act is further anchored on the Constitution of Kenya 2010 right to property [2] which protects against the deprivation or limiting of enjoyment of the right by the state or any person. Other statutes that regulate and define property ownership in Kenya include, but are not limited to, the Matrimonial Property Act [3], Land...
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