Riziki Mwinyi petitioned the Kwale Kadhi’s Court to administer the estate of her father, who died in 2011 without leaving a will.

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A Kwale court has approved a daughter's bid to distribute her late father's land according to Islamic inheritance law, bringing to an end a succession process that has remained unresolved for more than a decade after his death.

Riziki Mwinyi Mwakulagizwa petitioned the Kwale Kadhi’s Court to administer the estate of her father, Mwinyikai Ali Mwakulagizwa, who died in 2011 without leaving a will.

Her case has also brought into focus what happens when an heir dies before a parent’s estate is distributed.

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Mr Mwakulagizwa died on June 16, 2011, at his home in Kinondo Location, Msambweni Sub-County.

He was survived by four children — sons Ali Mwinyi Chombola and Hamisi Mwinyi Mwakulagizwa, and daughters Riziki and Mwanamkuu Mwinyi Mwakulagizwa.

His estate included a parcel of land known as Kwale/Galu Kinondo/179, which the family could not immediately distribute after a  search of the records showed that the parcel was registered in another person’s name.

The family challenged the ownership at the Environment and Land Court in Kwale and succeeded, with the court declaring that the it belonged to their late father in a decree issued on June 2, 2026.

With the ownership issue settled, Riziki moved to the Kadhi’s Court and filed a succession petition on August 5, which was lodged in court on August 17, seeking authority to administer her father’s estate.

She told the court that the family had met and agreed that she should administer the estate and that the property should be distributed under Islamic law.

📰 Source: Nation Africa