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Elderly woman loses claim to share matrimonial properties by half

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An elderly woman who divorced her husband after 53 years of marriage has failed to have their matrimonial properties shared equally.

Court of Appeal judges Hannah Okwengu, Asike Makhandia and Sankai ole Kantai ruled that Esther Wanjiku did not contribute much to the multi-million shillings properties acquired by her former husband Mwaura ole Mashua to demand an equal share.

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