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Love doesn't pay bills: Why Kenyan women prefer rich hubbies to well-paying jobs

Most Kenyan women are determined to bag a relationship partner who can improve their financial status

If you are a philanthropist, keen on making the so-called modern Kenyan woman happy, please don’t get her a high-flying career, give her a rich boyfriend or husband instead! If word on the street or testimonies from those interviewed in this report are to be believed, most of these women itch to have rich boyfriends or, better yet, get married to wealthy men than landing a well-paying job.

More than ever, most Kenyan women are determined to bag a relationship partner who can improve their financial status.

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