Raw
example of a Will
This is the last Will
and Testament of (Name)____
Currently residing at
(Full address)__________
Made on
(date)____________________________
1. I hereby revoke all
my former Wills, Codicils and Testaments made by me and declare this to my last
Will.
2. I testify that I am
an adult female/male of sound mind and holder of national identity card
( ID. Number)__________________________
3. I hereby declare
this to be my last and final will.
4. I appoint
(name)_______________________Currently residing at
(full address and name) ___
to be the joint
executors and trustees of this my last will and testament but if anyone or more
of the above named persons should refuse to act, die before me, or die before
the trusts hereof have been fully performed, then I appoint
(name)________________________________Currently residing at
(full __________________address)___________
to be the executor of
my Will and Testament in the place and instead of anyone or more of the above named
persons, and the expression “my Trustee”, used throughout include the trustee
for the time being, whether original or substitutional.
5. I direct the
administrator to pay my just debts (as listed in Codicil II), funeral and other
testamentary expenses, all succession duties, inheritance and death taxes, and
all expenses necessarily incidental thereto, to be paid and satisfied by my
Trustees as soon as is convenient after my death; to collect all my debts and outstanding
6. I give, devise and
bequeath all my real and personal property of every nature and kind to the
following: (List) All my property as listed here, to the following; Examples of
properties to be distributed;
a. Land parcel
Ruiru/Block18/9999 to _________________(Name)____________________
b. Unsurveyed plot at Kinoo share No.XYZ to_________(Name)____________________
c. Shares in Kenya
Airways to______________________(Name)____________________
d. Motor vehicle
registration No. KXD 400 to______(Name)
___________________
e. All my clothes,
jewellery, ornaments to_____________(Name)____________________
7. I give the
following properties to the following
a. My
wife/wives/husband: (Name(s) _________
b. My father (name)
_____________________
c. My mother
(name)____________________
d. My son (s) (name)
________List them_____
e. My
daughter(s)(name) ______List them_____
8. I nominate, constitute
and appoint __________(Name)_______________________________
Currently residing at
(place) _______________ to be the guardian of my minor children. I direct the
guardian of my minor children to raise them as Christians/Muslims according to
the rules, customs, and teachings of the Bible/Islam.
9. In the event that
any of my heirs should predecease me, then my estate should be divided among my
remaining heirs according to (7) above.
10. It is my most
earnest request to all my heirs that if any differences of opinion should arise
between them as regards any of my assets whatsoever or as the ownership,
character, value or otherwise, of the same or as to the meaning or true
interpretation of anything contained in my Will, or Codicils, thereto, they
shall settle is amongst themselves first, if not, the Trustees before resort to
court.
In witness, whereof I,
the said ____(your name)______ have signed my name on this
_____(date)__________
Signed by the
said____________________________
Signed by the Testator
and published and declared as his/her last Will and Testament, in the presence
of us both present together and in his presence and in the presence of each
other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. (The witness can be the
same person as the Executor/Trustee.)
Signature of Witness
(1) ______________________
Name:
___________________________________
Address:
_________________________________
Signature of Witness
(2)______________________
Name:
__________________________________
Address:
_________________________________
For more
information, consult your lawyer. In our next post, we shall look at retiringinto the unknown.
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