Two Kenyan men agree to share wife

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Two Kenyan men have signed an agreement to “marry” the same woman, reports say.

The woman had been having affairs with both men for more than four years and apparently refused to choose between them.

The agreement sets out a rota for Sylvester Mwendwa and Elijah Kimani to stay in her house and states they will both help raise any children she bears.

Lawyers said their “marriage” would be legally recognised if they could prove polyandry was part of their custom.

Mr Mwendwa and Mr Kimani drafted the agreement after realising they had both been having an affair with the woman in Mombasa County for more than four years, the local Daily Nation newspaper reports.

Community policing officer Adhalah Abdulrahman persuaded the two men to marry the woman after he saw them fighting over her, it reports.

“We have agreed that from today we will not threaten or have jealous feelings because of our wife, who says she’s not ready to let go of any of us,” the agreement says, Kenya’s NTV station reports.

“Each one will respect the day set aside for him. We agree to love each other and live peacefully. No-one has forced us to make this agreement,” it adds.

Mr Mwenda said her parents had given their blessing, while he is planning to pay the bride price.

The woman, a widow with two children, did not want to be named.

Kenyan family lawyer Judy Thongori told the Daily Nation that the law does not explicitly forbid polyandry – a woman having more than one husband.

“The laws we have do not talk about it but for such a union to be recognised in Kenya, it has to be either under the statutory law or as customary marriage. The question we should ask now is whether these people come from communities that have been practising polyandry,” she is quoted as saying.

Polygamous marriages often take place in Kenya, but wife-sharing is unheard of, correspondents say.

Source:BBC

50 COMMENTS

    • I think a women we are becoming rare and men generally are more populated than women

      I think last time I checked there is 3:1 ration men to women

      SO why is this surprising?

      In my case my body is to be touched by Nick only , I don’t think a Zambian man would know what to do with me or where to place their hands

      No story for me here

      Thanks

    • Mushota even if you are the last woman on earth, i don’t think i would get an erection by you so why even touching you in the first place,

    • Wrong statistics Mushota. BUFI!. Men have been a lot fewer than men in the world. It is 1:3 or 2:5 somewhere there in favour of men. These Kenyas are just mad. A lot of funny stories come from that country.

    • Mushota might right, am not sure about the numbers. I always wonder why their is even so much rampant homosexuality. And these “young” or “new” people coming in diaspora are finding it hard to marry a white/foreign woman for papers. They end-up marrying old-women in nursing homes.
      Us it used to take just 2 weeks, if goes to 2 months without a white woman, then friends will offer their “reject”.

    • @ Mushota, you are right! Us Zambian men don’t mop the floor (if u know what I mean) because its dirty and disgusting, but thank Scotland because u have Nick who is always moping the floor no matter how dirty it is.

    • Nostradamus: What do you expect when you want to marry someone for papers, you do not care what you marry anyway. But if you really want to marry because of love you cannot marry someone from those nursing homes. I feel sorry for you chaps who marry those helpless old women!

    • DO YOUNG ZAMBIANS ALSO MARRY OLD WHITE LADIES FOR PAPERS?? PLEASE BOYS; WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN ZAMBIA?? JUST GO BACK THAN MARRYING WOMEN OF YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S AGE??LEAVE THAT NONSENSE FOR NIGERIANS?? THEY ARE KNOWN FOR SUCH.

    • @1.9 yes they do marry whites for papers, why they don´t marry young zambians alot of them are cheaters and look only for money in men and some are tired of the heartless treatment they receive from black men and some are tired of these cheating zambian men, who think cheating is a hobby…so why not marry a hwhite you are better off at the end…you are aboard can do your education and enjoy life….

      Mushota I must agree a zambian man doesn´t know how to treat a woman, I have been through it…they will treat you like a mop…when you are feeding them with your money…..

  2. Chiwalmila galu kuluma mbuzi not mbuzi kuluma imbwa! If women can share a man, why can’t men share a woman? Whoever is not happy should move away period. I thought we were supposed to respect the rights of these people especially when they are not hurting or endangering anybody’s life or well-being!

    • WHOSE surname will the children bare? I f not properly handled this will be the source of conflict between the two men. Especially if the child will resemble one of the two. Since when has this happened on earth?

    • @ kanyengambeta –
      ‘These Kenyas are just mad. A lot of funny stories come from that country.’ You broke my libs. You made my day

    • THIS IS WHAT WE CALL KANZATO IN ZAMBIA?? WOW THIS WOMAN MUST BE OFFERING GOOD SERVICE?? FOR BOTH MEN NOT TO LET GO?? WONDER WHAT KILLED THE FIRST HUSBAND CONSIDERING SHE IS A WIDOW??

  7. I can understand

    Afwile alilowa Gelo uyu Mwe Bantu. Abatonga nabo balilowa. Ba kaonde bena ***** Mwe. Ine********ka shift. Ba ***** maule.

    • LT what a u censoring in nkatamo luo,s comment. Seems you are nowlike a little frightened boy or someone that has just learnt censorship. Anything and everything its censoring. Make it more fun by loosening your new rules.

  9. @nkatama, bro. Tonga,lunda,luvale and kaonde are the best in bed,personally i prefer tonga that mushota very far!!lmao

    • Are you sure that has been proven scientifically? For all i know everyone can be a master at this game depending on ones state of mind, you need more education…… i wish it was a different platform i could have given you free lessons and advice.
      Dont show your ignorance here you are blogging to thousands who might have spper knowledge in 95% of the topics available.

    • @Cindy, mwabazimya! Dont want to argue when I dont have facts. You seem to have the facts, although I agree that the chemistry must be right (state of mind) but there are things that add to the spicing.

  10. This World we live in, wonders shall never end. I think i should also plan to break the world record of polygamy by marrying all the female bloggers of LT. I know Mushota can be the first one to accept, others let me not mention their names.

  11. I think she gives it right in bed. Both of them cant find better anywhere else. That is what keeps a man in a relationship, nothing else!

    • I didn’t know. Men don’t care how you are in bed good or bad if they love you, they love you and will stay with you trust me I know.

  15. Hahahahahaha yaba interesting development no wonder Kenya is regarded to have the best constitution in Africa….any loop holes in the law there comes a lawyer and makes it to become a law- foolishly all she needs is support from the community then it becomes Statutes…..The conditions should be set who has the power to allow the other man come in the relationship and if its the woman then all cheating chicks will have a right to say i love him too difficult to trace infidelity in relationship thirdly will this include married people….Lelolwanya

  18. At least these trio are open than alot of zambian women who do this on the down low expecting to extract money from alot of zambian men.

  21. But Kenyans are not normal you people. That’s why for some strange reason Obama had to be born where ever else he was born ask Donald Trump.

  22. Polyandry is common in some societies although its dying out. However, in communities practicing this arrangement, there was an anthropological reason this set up developed. Some Nepalese society still may be practicing polyandry.

  28. Let them be they love herand she loves other women don’t matter obviously if they wanted other women they would have got them. Sharing is caring remember chalo n bonzo eat a bit off it and you leave some for others

  30. I SUPPORT THEM. IF I WERE TI ASK, HOW MANY OF YOU UNKNOWINGLY SHARE GIRL FRIENDS AND WIVES. YOU EVEN KNOW THAT THE WOMAN IS ACTUALLY ACCOMMODATING THE TWO OF YOU. SO INSTEAD OF PRETENDING ALL IS WELL, JUST DO THESE GUYS’ WAY.

  31. I’ll really like to see this woman.
    Is she more than all the kenyan womens ?
    Believe me this is not because the two of them love her is because the two of them are foolish

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