Religion defied, child born out of wedlock is granted inheritance

It is discriminatory for a child born out of wedlock to be denied inheritance solely because they were born out of an illegitimate union, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

A three-judge bench comprising Justices Gatembu Kairu, Pauline Nyamweya, and George Odunga agreed that despite religion abhorring sex before marriage, it is unfair to sideline children born from such escapades when their fathers die.