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| Kenya Legalizes Polygamy without Wife's Consent |
| 2014-03-22 |
| [An Nahar] Kenya's parliament has passed a bill allowing men to marry as many women as they want, prompting a furious backlash from female politicians who stormed out, reports said Friday. The bill, which amended existing marriage legislation, was passed late on Thursday to formalize customary law about marrying more than one person. The proposed bill had initially given a wife the right to veto the husband's choice, but male members of parliament overcame party divisions to push through a text that dropped this clause. "When you marry an African woman, she must know the second one is on the way, and a third wife... this is Africa," MP Junet Mohammed told the house, according to Nairobi's Capital FM. As in many parts of Africa, polygamy is common among traditional communities in Kenya, as well as among the country's Mohammedan community, which accounts for up to a fifth of the population. "Any time a man comes home with a woman, that would be assumed to be a second or third wife," said Samuel Chepkong'a, chairman of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, the Daily Nation newspaper reported. "Under customary law, women or wives you have married do not need to be told when you're coming home with a second or third wife. Any lady you bring home is your wife," he added. Female MPs stormed out of the late-night session in fury after a heated debate. "We know that men are afraid of women's tongues more than anything else," female politician Soipan Tuya told fellow MPs, according to Capital FM. "But at the end of the day, if you are the man of the house, and you choose to bring on another party -- and they may be two or three -- I think it behoves you to be man enough to agree that your wife and family should know," she added. A clause in which a partner who had promised marriage but then backed out of the wedding could face financial damages was also dropped, as male MPs argued it could have been used to extort cash. They also argued that marriage should be based on love, and not have a financial cost placed upon it. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 I have people monitoring this site ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-03-22 17:07 |
| #5 If honor killing wasn't part of the doctrine, the other wife would be hell to live with. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-03-22 15:59 |
| #4 ..she's in China at the moment. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-22 15:39 |
| #3 Africa after the Queen left. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-03-22 13:13 |
| #2 Soon to come to America, but with the twist being polyandry without the consent of the husband. Given that the feminists already are fighting against DNA testing at birth all babies to determine parentage and are against repealing the old archaic laws that stick a man with child support years after the fact when he discovers he's not the real DNA donor, it's a simple escape mechanism to cover the nastiness up. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-03-22 12:43 |
| #1 Welcome to the family Doris, I would like you to meet my wife, Fatima, Alia, Reza.... |
| Posted by: Flavising Dark Lord of the Gepids 2014-03-22 00:37 |