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Distribute your property as you like, Appeal court rules

Concept of the division of family property. [iStock Images]

The law recognises a person's power to distribute his property as he deems fit, Court of Appeal judges have ruled.

Appellate judges Hannah Okwengu, Fatuma Sichale and Mbogholi Msagha ruled that a man may give unequal shares of the property to his children but the court can only interfere with the Will if the testator has failed to make reasonable provisions for his dependents.

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