When President Uhuru Kenyatta made polygamy in Kenya legal, three women had already been joined to one man for over two decades and bore him 12 children.
Fresha Nyambura, Esther Nyaguthii and Agnes Wambui live in Murang’a with their husband Charles Macharia who introduced them to each other 30 years ago.
Without going into details, the wives, who live in separate houses, say they have a systematic way of spending separate quality time with Charles.
“Men pretend to be faithful while keeping their other wives a secret, but we are all here together,” Nyaguthii is quoted in the Star.
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They say they are the best of friends and are even planning their dowry ceremonies together. The first one they organised was for Nyambura, the first wife, on Saturday, September 26, 2015.
Charles gave them the money they needed to make her event a success and says plans for dowry payment for Nyaguthii and Wambui are in motion.
During Nyambura’s ceremony, Charles was asked to introduce his family, to which he responded:
“Let all my wives come here for introduction.”
He says his wives are united and live peacefully. According to him, there is no man who does not have a second wife so it is best to come out publicly to prevent any altercation.
Polygamy in Kenya became legal in March 2014 after parliament passed the Bill into law despite protests from female lawmakers.
Initially, it required the first wife to veto the husband’s decision to bring in another wife. However, male MPs successfully pushed for that clause in the Marriage Act 2014 to be dropped.
The law recognises monogamous, polygamous, customary, Christian, Islamic and Hindu marriages but does not give an official limit as to how many wives a man can marry.
