My husband can’t keep his pants zipped
This column recently highlighted differences between customary and statutory marriages. I am shocked that customary marriages do not believe a man can be adulterous but the wife can be. It is also potentially polygamous and gives husbands the leeway to chastise their wives. My husband may be privy to these provisions as he finds it difficult to keep his zip up — nothing in a skirt seems to pass him unnoticed. I am now scared that his behaviour may have dire consequences on me including contracting sexually transmitted infections. I have resolved to demand that we undergo a statutory marriage for me to acquire grounds to divorce him when he continues with his adulterous ways. What are the requirements of a statutory marriage?
By By HAROLD ADOYO
12 years ago