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Parents don't need children's consent to sell their property

Justice Silas Munyao during a ruling at the Mombasa High Court in Mombasa County on March 3, 2020. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Children have no say in their parents' properties, the High Court has ruled.

In a landmark judgment pitting a father and his two sons, Justice Munyao Sila said that it is unfair for a parent to raise and educate their children only for them to demand property or stop the sale of the same.

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