According to judicial precedents, courts often order that children born of extra-marital affairs have shares in the estate of their late biological father.
Legally, investments in a real estate company by spouses cannot be shared as any matrimonial property when the marriage ends.
Many middle-class Nairobians travel up-country to buy unregistered land from villagers. The majority of land in rural areas is not registered because the ‘owners’ mainly inherited from forefathers.
In most cases, lawyers are often victims when professional undertakings are not honoured and are forced to make the payments out of their pockets.
The new law requires a bank to sell a property at the highest market value to settle the outstanding balance and the defaulter pockets the proceeds.
Renting a house within its own compound guarantees space complete with its own swimming pool, freedom to rear pets and have a kitchen garden. On the flipside, you will more likely pay more.
Foreign exchange reserves are largely tapped for government payments such as servicing external debts and essential government imports such as medicines.
The total number of cases challenging Ruto's pet project is now seven.
What red flags should I look out for before buying?
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) last year slapped borrowers with three rises in the Central Bank Rate (CBR).
It is possible to construct a house using your monthly salary or income from other sources as
Could there be organisations that would prefer different office designs to contain future pandemics?
There is also a section of tenants who accuse house owners of invasion of privacy.
It is possible to construct a house brick by brick using your monthly salary or income from other sources.
Legally, it only takes a wealthy man to impregnate a woman to guarantee her child status as his heir.
The Matrimonial Property Act, 2013 is the current law that provides on how spouses should share property upon divorce.
The law also provides for property rights in polygamous marriages which, for ages, ended in unending legal disputes.
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