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The hefty price of parenting when courts intervene in custody cases

Children's upkeep is the responsibility of both parents whether they live together, are separated or divorced. [iStockphoto]

On Wednesday, a children's court in Nairobi ordered the son of a former governor to pay maintenance of his three children after separating from his wife.

In addition, the magistrate Jackie Kibosia restrained the man from taking the children away from their mother or relocating them from their current residence pending determination of their dispute over custody of the children.

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