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Mombasa court dissolves unconsummated marriage after protest by wife

Khadija Abdulnassir (left) and her father Abdulnassir Risik at the Kadhi's court during the divorce case. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

A Kadhi court in Mombasa has dissolved a marriage and ordered the woman to return half the dowry she was paid after finding that the marriage was never consummated.

The woman's family was outraged by the order that they refund part of the dowry and vowed to appeal the judgment.

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