Who: Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya (FIDA-K)
Vs.
The Attorney General
What: The Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court in Nairobi will deliver a judgment on Petition 164 of 2016; on the constitutionality of section 7 of the Matrimonial Property Act. Section 7 provides that parties shall be entitled to a share of matrimonial property in accordance to each of the spouses’ contribution made towards the acquisition of property for being in consistent with Article 45 of the Constitution. Article 45 stipulates that parties have equal rights at the time of the marriage, during the marriage and upon dissolution of the marriage.
When: 14 May 2018.
Where: Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya in Nairobi, Court No. 2 on 3rd Floor, Milimani Law Courts.
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