Family Law

CLS 201:
FAMILY LAW
May-August, 2023
DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY, 24TH
MAY, 2023

, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO
FAMILY LAW
 TIME FRAME
 – WHAT IS USEFUL FOR OUR FAMILY
LAW CLASS?
 PRE COLONIAL KENYA (AS IT WAS IN
THE BEGINNING)
 RECEPTION AND APPLICATION OF
ENGLISH LAW

CLS 201 - Njeri Kangethe,
Lecturer/Advocate of the High
Court of Kenya

, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO
FAMILY LAW
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF FAMILY LAW
 INCULCATION OF FOREIGN VALUES
AND IMPLICATIONS
 DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY LAW IN
POST INDEPENDENCE KENYA
 MARRIAGE ACT 2014 AND
MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY ACT,2013

CLS 201 - Njeri Kangethe,
Lecturer/Advocate of the High
Court of Kenya

, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO
FAMILY LAW
 PRE-COLONIAL KENYA

 Marriages were contracted under African
Customary Law.
 By and large there are many
commonalities in ACL:-
 Communal nature of marriages
 Polygamous
 They include the extended family
 Marriage Consideration (lobola, ruracio,

keny)
CLS 201 - Njeri Kangethe,
Lecturer/Advocate of the High
Court of Kenya