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Can the President's wife sue him?

A pair of gold wedding rings, a judge's hammer. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

Supposing the President's wife sought to divorce him in Kenyan courts, will the judges decline jurisdiction and chain her to a broken marriage until he leaves office?

An alternative question: Can a child sired by Muslim man out of wedlock inherit his estate both questions or their permutations have been litigated in Kenya’s Supreme Court before.

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