SheriaNet for Android — search and read Kenyan case law from your phone, offline.
Join the beta →

EWB v GKB [2006] KEHC 3300 (KLR)

[2006] KEHC 3300 (KLR) High Court of Kenya
Read PDF
Court
High Court of Kenya
Case number
3300
Citation
[2006] KEHC 3300 (KLR)
AI Summary Beta Machine-generated — may contain errors. Not legal advice.
TypeDivorcePosturePetition for DivorceCoramM. KOOME J.
Holding

The court pronounces a decree of divorce and dissolves the marriage that was solemnized on January 31, 1998.

Facts

The parties were married on January 31, 1998. The Petitioner, EWB, sought a divorce due to cruelty and neglect. The Respondent, GKB, was working in Zimbabwe. There are two children from the marriage.

Issues

  1. Cruelty
  2. Neglect to provide reasonable maintenance

Reasoning

The court found that the Petitioner proved her case to the required standard and that the marriage was irretrievably broken down. The petition was not presented through collusion.

Outcome

Divorce granted

Orders

  • Decree nisi issued for a period of three months
  • Petitioner granted custody of the two children

Remedies

  • None specified
Experimental AI summary generated by a language model, not a lawyer. It may contain errors or omissions and must not be relied on for legal decisions — the full judgment below is the authoritative source.
Full judgment 0.1 MB · PDF

Loading judgment…

Cite this case


        
        
      

Share this case