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MPs move to cut ex-spouses to size

The bill passed by Parliament was introduced through the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee Chair and Ainabkoi MP Samuel Chepkonga.

Men and women will be shielded from domestic violence claims by their former wives, husbands and jilted lovers if a bill passed Thursday by the National Assembly becomes law.

But foul-mouthed spouses who fight and insult each other in front of their children could be jailed.

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