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M.W.G
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E.W.K

(2010) JELR 96951 (CA)

Court of Appeal 23 Apr 2010 Kenya
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- This is a civil appeal case in the Court of Appeal of Kenya at Eldoret. - The main issue in this appeal is whether the petitioner is a widow of the deceased in the absence of evidence of a formal marriage. - The trial judge found that the

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Suit Number:Civil Appeal 20 of 2009
Judges:Philip Kiptoo Tunoi JA Samuel Elikana Ondari Bosire JA Joseph Gregory Nyamu JA
Location:Eldoret
Other Citations:M.W.G v. E.W.K [2010] eKLR

JUDGMENT OF BOSIRE, J.A

On 13th May 2008 Ibrahim J. pronounced judgment in High Court Succession Cause No. 244 of 2002 decreeing that E.W.G (the petitioner) and M.W.G (the objector) be the joint administrators of the estate of E. G.W (the deceased). The objector was aggrieved and by a notice of appeal dated and filed in the superior court on 23rd May 2008 declared her intention of challenging that decision on appeal. Following that notice this appeal was filed. The main, if is not the only issue in this appeal is whether the petitioner is a widow of the deceased in absence of evidence that she was not married either under statute or under a system permitting polygamy. In his judgment Ibrahim J. rendered himself thus: “I do find that there was no formal marriage between the deceased and the petitioner. However, both the petitioner and the objector hail from the Kikuyu Community. Kikuyu Customary Law is a system of law which permits polygamy. Notwithstanding, the absence of a formal mar…

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