For wealthy couples, divorce isn't just about who gets the house, the car or the bank account. Some property might be in a trust, and other assets could be sitting outside Kenya altogether. So, by the time a marriage ends, figuring out who's actually entitled to what can take a lot more digging than just checking whose name is on the title deed.
Under Kenya's Matrimonial Property Act, 2014, courts ask whether an asset, or the benefit of it, was acquired during the marriage, and whether it was meant for the family's use.
