Mpango wa Kando could soon be locked out of property inheritance

I recently read an article published in your sister publication -The Standard - that secret lovers and their children will soon be locked out of inheritance if their married partners die.  According to the article, this would happen if Parliament passes the Law of Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which seeks to limit inheritance to strictly men and women who are legally married, their children, and extended family. How reasonable is this and has the Bill passed into law?

The Law of Succession (Amendment) Bill, 2020 is sponsored by Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma. It mainly seeks to amend a section of the current Law of Succession to read that a spouse means a husband or wife, or wives recognised under the Marriage Act of 2014.