marrige bill

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27206590




The marriage and my beef with it



Legal doesnt always equal to moral and neither does it make it practical



i have a few issues with the marriage bill



For instance the proposal a wife is only entitle to 30% or marrital property? i work my ass off literally and i have surely contributed more than just 30% of the property we own.



I dont really care about him taking the second wife - because i will have divorced him before he even does it legally. You can force a donkey to go to the river but your cannot force it to drink. So if he want to move on, i will happily pave way legally. but he is not leaving with the 70% of the property



This would just mean that as a wife - it would be time to make sure that the property i worked hard for is in my name and not a joint name.

If i lived in Kenya, were a woman and was as hardworking as i am, i would not marry. That way i would walk away with what i worked for and not be short changed thanks to some stupid marriage bill!



I hope that unmarried women there stop rushing to get married; i wouldnt if i were them



I live and am married in a country where this marriage bill doesnt apply - but am still Kenya!



However, i think this is good news for the women who are lazy and dont pull their weight - i think 30% is a generous offer. But then again men dont generally look after the children and the households!



I dont like the bill at all.... but there are ways around it!



The whole idea that someone has to be 18 to get married is a great one - i wonder how they will enforce this



I didnt like the stipulation that the women were 'tagging' onto men for maintenance... am sorry but i work hard for the little i have then go home and do dishes whilst my hubby is cooking! that is the kinda union i have.