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Widower wants men to inherit spousal property

The man is challenging section of succession law barring men from inheriting wife's wealth. [iStockphoto]

A widower has moved to court challenging a section of succession law barring men from becoming heirs of their estranged spouses' wealth.

In a case before the High Court in Nairobi on Monday, Dennis Kivuti argues that section 29 (c) of the Succession Act is unconstitutional for requiring a man to prove the deceased woman was maintaining him during her lifetime or before her death for the court to allow him inherit her wealth.

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