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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.
Wow, this is something else
Is this their priority? Lol. Some lawmakers have their head screwed backwards. When people are moving forward in life, some people are taking 100 steps back. I'm sure all these boils down to selfishness of some lawmakers, so they can marry as many wives as possible, without being prosecuted for bigamy.
I know there are a lot of other issues here but surely decency, common sense and culture require that you discuss your plan with your existing wife or wives. How can you just spring a new wife on people?