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“When you marry an African woman, she must know the second one is on the way and a third wife… this is Africa,” – Mohammed Junet ( MP representing a constituency from the western Nyanza province of Kenya)
Have you heard about the new bill Kenya is about to sign into law? The law is intended to bring civil law, where a man is only allowed one wife, into line with customary law, where some cultures allow multiple partners.
But male MPs voted to amend the new marriage bill to allow men to take as many wives as they like without consulting existing spouses.
Traditionally, first wives are supposed to give prior approval.
The marriage bill is now up to the president to sign before it becomes law.
