Shocking:Two Men agrees to marry one girl

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.