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Women have a right to choose their co-wives, High Court judge rules

In 2015, the High Court in Nairobi ruled that women had a right to decide who their co-wives would be in polygamous marriages.

In an October 28 ruling that arose from a case that sought to invalidate the Marriage Act concerning customary unions, Justice Mumbi Ngugi said men should not be allowed to register polygamy without the consent of their wives.

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