The High Court has overturned a lower court decision that handed a widow two-thirds of her late husband’s estate, ruling instead that children born out of wedlock are equally entitled to fair treatment in inheritance disputes.
What started as an ordinary succession dispute over millions hidden in a bank account slowly evolved into a court battle exposing the fragile realities of modern Kenyan families — separation, children born outside marriage, mistrust and the enduring question of who truly belongs in a family after death.
