Exhibit 10(a)
Consent of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
August 23, 2000
Board of Directors
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
3520 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64141-6139
Re: Kansas City Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby consent to the reference to our name under the caption "Legal Matters"
in the Statement of Additional Information filed as part of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 7 to the registration statement on Form N-4 for Kansas City Life
Variable Life Annuity Separate Account (File No. 33-89984). In giving this
consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP
By:/s/ Stephen E. Roth
Stephen E. Roth
