Homa Ba Town Member of Parliament Peter Opondo Kaluma has come out to express his joy after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law a bill he proposed to lock outside chicks out of their dead lover's wealth.
In the Bill, Kaluma wanted the Parliament to amend the definition of the word dependant in the Succession Law. Through the changes, the lawmaker sought to lock out the illegitimate spouses from inheriting the property of the deceased.
Following the amendment, the word dependent will only cover the spouse and the children of the deceased person.
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Other people who will be legally allowed to inherit the properties of the deceased include the deceased's family members including his or her parents, step-parents, grandparents, step-children and grandchildren.
Others include children who the deceased person took into his family as his own, half-siblings, brothers and sisters.
Speaking to a local daily, Kaluma said that he was happy that the president had locked out "slay queens and woman-eaters" from the deceased wealth.
“Strangers who have been pirating on the property of the dead have been stopped! Only persons who contracted valid marriage with the deceased will now claim the estate of the deceased,” he told daily.
Kaluma also noted that the law will also protect all children whether their parents were married or not.
He noted that the aim of the new law is to avoid situations where "opportunistic schemers" successfully claim part of the deceased properties which in return disfranchises the legitimate heirs.
The law will, however, give opportunity for the secret lovers to fight for their rights if they feel they have a share in the deceased property.
“A person not named in this section shall not be a dependant for the purposes of this Act unless the person proves [he or she was] maintained by the deceased for a period of two years prior to the deceased's death,” the Bill read.
