Kenyan bill gives men liberty to marry as many wives as they want

BATAK CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES -- Kenyan men have practiced polygamy, or plural marriage, as far back as they can remember. In fact, the country has produced Ancentus Akuku Ogwela, who married 130 wives, and, when he died at 92, left behind 210 children.

But a new marriage bill that gives men the liberty to marry as many wives as they want - and without any consultations with their partners - is, according to many, going too far.

"Those days of marrying dozens of wives are gone," said Tom Akuku Ogwela, the polygamist's son, and a polygamist himself. "Socially and economically, it's difficult to have more than three-to-four wives."


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