Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kenya's New Polygamy Law Is a Win for Men's Rights Activists Kenya's new Marriage Bill manages to both legalize the longstanding ...

(RNS) The law legalizes polygamy, allowing men to marry multiple wives in a country where they previously were permitted to have one. NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Christian clergy fear that a new marriage law ...

If passed in its current form, the proposed Marriage Bill 2013 could significantly affect the lives of about 2.5 million spouses in polygamous unions and many others who are indirectly attached to ...

A newlywed couple poses for a photo after exchanging wedding vows on Dec. 8, 2018, in Mombasa, Kenya. RNS photo by Tonny Onyulo NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Sipping black coffee outside his house in Kibera, ...

‘Polygamy Kenya’ President Raphael Brave Magero has lashed at Kenyan men for fearing polygamy. ‘The president’, who operates from Royal guest house along Mumias Busia road, regretted that even after ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 29 (UPI) -- A bill legalizing polygamy in Kenya was signed into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta, bringing civil law into line with customary law in which some Kenyan cultures ...

Kenya’s 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 yesterday. The bill, which ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Christian clergy fear that a new marriage law signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday (April 29) will tear families apart and weaken the church and the nation. The law ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Sipping black coffee outside his house in Kibera, a slum district here, James Oketch comes up with as many reasons to support polygamy as he has wives. “I’m proud of my big ...