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When I'm gone... Why that Christmas family inheritance talk may not stand in law
For an oral will to be valid, it must be made before at least two competent witnesses, and the testator (the maker of the will) must die within three months of making it. Ninety days. No extensions.
The festive season acts like a magnet for Kenyans, pulling us from the cities and towns back to the village. Families gather, often for the first time in months, around a table heavy with nyama choma, mukimo, and tea. The atmosphere is warm, the laughter is loud, and the guard is down.
Inevitably, as the food settles and the sun dips, the conversation drifts toward the future. Parents, feeling the weight of their mortality or perhaps just the ache in their joints, begin to speak about "when I'm gone."
