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MP proposes law to lock out 'partners', ex-wives’ from inheritance

Homa Bay Township MP Peter Kaluma. [Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

A proposal to amend a section of the succession law will see partners, former wives and children born out of wedlock locked out of inheritance.

If the Bill to amend the Law of Succession Act as proposed by Homa Bay Township MP Peter Kaluma passes in the House, inheritance will be limited to only men and women who are legally married, their legal children and extended family.

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