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Marital problems? No one can kick you out

Kenya: Matrimonial property law prohibits eviction of a spouse from family property in case the marriage hits the rocks. Women are seen as the major beneficiaries of this new provision because they are usually the ones evicted during marital problems, writes HAROLD AYODO

No spouse will evict his or her partner at will from a matrimonial property should the marriage hit the rocks, thanks to the Matrimonial Property Act 2013.

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