There is nothing sacrosanct about a traumatic marriage

It pays to reject oppressive social norms and conventions. To be free is to be happy. The Kenyan woman especially should boldly reject conventions that chain her to murderous unions and affiliations. Every so often, we wake up to news of yet another woman murdered at home. This one is felled with an axe. The other one is stabbed multiple times. A third one succumbs to the machete.

These women are slain not by strangers, but by men they live with – or have lived with. Their neighbours go on to give narratives of estranged couples that have lived in strained and difficult partnerships. They have quarreled and fought all the time. Yet they must still live together. If they disengage society will judge them harshly – and especially the woman.