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Kenya legalises polygamy without wifes consent Kenyas parliament has passed a bill allowing men to marry as many women as they want, prompting a furious backlash from female lawmakers who stormed out, reports said. The bill, which amended existing marriage legislation, was passed late on Thursday to formalise customary law about marrying more than one person. The proposed bill had initially given a wife the right to veto the husbands 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 Nairobis Capital FM. As in many parts of Africa, polygamy is common among traditional communities in Kenya, as well as among the countrys Muslim community, which accounts for up to a fifth of the population. Read more : myvirgo.info/forum/topic/1193
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:02:59 +0000

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