THE STANDARD By
Robert Amalemba |
April 2nd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Justice Joseph Karanja sitting in Busia said one does not necessarily need to be a blood relative of the deceased to qualify for a share of the estate.
“An interest in the estate of a deceased person is not tied to kinship only. A person may lack a blood relationship with a deceased person but have an interest in the property in any other capacity such as being a creditor or a dependent of the deceased in terms of Section 26 of the Succession Act,” ruled the judge.
In the case, the late Boniface Okello Okumu’s children wanted the court to remove their brother, Stephen Egesa from the list of beneficiaries of the estate after labelling him a ‘stranger.’