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From relegation to elevation

The place of customary marriages under Kenya’s matrimonial law

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https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/1966

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género, derecho consuetudinario, matrimonio, derecho de familia, feminismo africano

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La Ley de Matrimonio de Kenia de 2014 se aprobó con el efecto de armonizar todas las leyes matrimoniales vigentes en el país en un solo estatuto. La Ley de Matrimonio establece que todos los matrimonios en Kenia tienen el mismo estatus legal, y exige que todos los matrimonios, incluidos los celebrados bajo el derecho consuetudinario, deben ser registrados. Este artículo analiza cómo se han tratado los matrimonios consuetudinarios en la legislación de Kenia en tres periodos distintos: la Kenia colonial, la posterior a la independencia y la contemporánea. Sostiene que, mientras que los matrimonios consuetudinarios fueron tratados como inferiores durante los períodos colonial y posterior a la independencia, en la Kenia contemporánea, la Ley de Matrimonio ha tenido el efecto de elevar los matrimonios de derecho consuetudinario para que sean iguales a los matrimonios bajo otros sistemas. Además, el artículo evalúa la situación de las mujeres casadas con arreglo al derecho consuetudinario y demuestra que la Ley del Matrimonio ha dado lugar a una mayor protección de los derechos de las mujeres casadas en Kenia.

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Agnes Meroka-Mutua, University of Nairobi Faculty of Law

University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law and African Women Studies Center. Email: agi.meroka@gmail.com

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2024-11-19

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Meroka-Mutua, A. (2024) «From relegation to elevation: The place of customary marriages under Kenya’s matrimonial law», Oñati Socio-Legal Series. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/1966.

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