What the law says
http://www.kenyalaw.org/...alaw/klr_app/frames.php
CAP 160
35. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 40, where an intestate has left one surviving spouse and a child or children, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to -

(a) the personal and household effects of the deceased absolutely; and

(b) a life interest in the whole residue of the net intestate estate:

Provided that, if the surviving spouse is a widow, that interest shall determine upon her re-marriage to any person.
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(5) Subject to the provisions of sections 41 and 42 and subject to any appointment or award made under this section. the whole residue of the not intestate estate shall on the death, or, in the case of a widow, re-marriage, of the surviving spouse, devolve upon the surviving child, if there be only one, or be equally divided among the surviving children.

Some protection given by law

Pesa haitoshi. Ask okuyos.

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@maich you are one krazy fellow!

My main worry is Wanjiru's children. Their father's hard earned cash is gone. Morals gone to the dogs.
But birds of the same feather stick together !