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Fathers must provide for children, High Court in Nairobi rules

Man says he cannot raise the money estranged wife is demanding for their daughter's upkeep

Men cannot escape the responsibility of providing for their children even if they claim to have no means to do so, the High Court has ruled.

The decision arose from a case where a man had moved to court seeking to block orders by a magistrate's court that he should pay for maintenance of his daughter. He had argued he couldn't afford it.

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