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Is there a way to stop my husband legally getting a second wife?

Dear Harold,

We dated for three years before mutually agreeing to get married under the Kamba customary law. However, that decision has now started haunting me as my husband has lately been hinting at marrying a second wife. Besides upsetting the lives of the children, we have invested in building our matrimonial home and some rental houses in Machakos town. I don’t want to lose my property. Can I effectively stop him from legally marrying another wife?

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