‘My husband married second wife because I can’t give birth to boys’

The mother of five girls has resigned to her fate, saying she won’t get more children. [Gardy Chacha, Standard]

Caren* from Katwekera area in Kibra constituency has been going through mental anguish after her husband married a second wife – who he believed would bear him a baby boy.

We caught up with her at Polycom Development Project (PDP) in Kibra’s Olympic area. She was sitting through a group counselling session for women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence.