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I Slept With A Witch Doctor For A Baby

My two-year old son has no idea whom his father is. Three years ago, 2013, to be more specific, my husband and I got married. It was a colorful wedding as we had spent hundreds of thousands of shillings on it; such a perfect day for a couple. We had planned on having two children, a boy and a girl, if possible. And I longed for that.

He had promised to take me to Zanzibar for our honeymoon. And immediately after the wedding, we travelled. It was during the honeymoon when things got a little 'messy' and we decided to go ahead and have our first baby. Two weeks later, we jetted back to our home in Nairobi. But I noticed something different. My period had not stopped. I became worried, just a little bit hiding my emotions from my husband.

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