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Wives, village life isn’t bad, it’s just different

By NIKKO TANUI

KENYA: Once a woman has tasted urban life, she would rather die a pauper in town than a queen in the village.  Woe unto a man who lives in a town and for one reason or another decides to relocate to the village with his family. Most wives often insist that the man goes to the village alone.

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