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In some communities, the giving of bride price is sadly regarded as ‘buying the bride’ or compensation for resources spent bringing up the young woman, writes PETER MUIRURI
A few years ago, a 25 year-old man in Nyahururu committed suicide for what was termed as his inability to raise the prerequisite bride price for a young girl he intended to marry.
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