In his ruling, Justice Eric Ogola found that Margaret Chweya failed to prove that she was lawfully married to the late Simeon Nyachae. “Pictures on their own cannot prove marriage,” Justice Ogola ruled. The dispute arose during succession proceedings in which Chweya moved to court seeking spousal and dependency rights over Nyachae’s estate. However, the court rejected her claim, holding that photographs alone cannot establish the existence of a valid marriage under Kenyan law. Justice Ogola ruled that without concrete evidence meeting the legal threshold, the court could not recognize her as Nyachae’s widow or her children as beneficiaries of his estate.