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Her man, their property and the other woman

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Kenya's judicial system is rife with cases where women battle over who should bury their shared husband.

Recently, a court in Milimani ruled that Sarah Igweta, a second wife, would be allowed to bury her 100-year-old husband of 40 years, Silas Igweta. Now 78, she had lived with him until his death, but a dispute arose between her and the first wife over who should bury him.

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