Abstract: | The above-mentioned Commission was set up a.o. to make recommendations for a new law providing a comprehensive and, 80 far as may be practicable, uniform code applicable to. all persons in Kenya, which will replace the existing law on the subject comprising customary law, the Indian - Applied Acts and the relevant Acts of Parliament including those governing Muslim and Hindu succession. Parts of the article: 1. Existing laws (Africans - Non-Muslims; Africans-Muslims; Muslims; Hindus; All others - General law) - 2. Summary - 3. Defects in the existing laws - 4. Alternatives, options and new law - 5. Testamentary succession - 6. Intestate succession - 7. Miscellaneous - 8. Transition period - 9. Arguments for and against a uniform system of succession - 10. Implementation of the uniform system. Notes. |