Kwa upande wa mgawanyo wa mali baada ya talaka Sheria ya Ndoa ya Mwaka 1971 imeelezea katika Kifungu cha 114 kama ifuatavyo:
"114. Power of court to order division of matrimonial assets
(1) The court shall have power, when granting or subsequent to the grant of a decree of separation or divorce, to order the division between the parties of any assets acquired by them during the marriage by their joint efforts or to order the sale of any such asset and the division between the parties of the proceeds of sale.
(2) In exercising the power conferred by subsection (1), the court shall have regard–
(a) to the customs of the community to which the parties belong;
(b) to the extent of the contributions made by each party in money, property or work towards the acquiring of the assets;
(c) to any debts owing by either party which were contracted for their joint benefit; and
(d) to the needs of the infant children, if any, of the marriage,
and subject to those considerations, shall incline towards equality of division.
(3) For the purposes of this section, references to assets acquired during the marriage include assets owned before the marriage by one party which have been substantially improved during the marriage by the other party or by their joint efforts."
Katika kuelezea kifungu hicho Mahakama ya Rufani katika Kesi ya Bi Hawa Muhamed v. Ally Seif [1983] TLR 32 (CA) iliangalia "contribution" ya kila mwanandoa katika mgawanyo wa mali. Mahakama ilienda mbali zaidi kwa kusema kwamba hata zile kazi za "ugolikipa" za nyumbani zinachangia katika mali za familia! Katika ukurasa wa 44 Mahakama ilisema, pamoja na mambo mengine, kama ifuatavyo:
"Guided by this objective of the Act, we are satisfied that the "joint efforts" and "work towards the acquiring of the assets" have to be construed as embracing the domestic "efforts" or "work" of husband and wife."