Bungoma: Where women who give birth to twins are frowned at and seen as ‘bad omen’

Venvera Ivayo at her home in Luyeshe village, Kakamega County. Her marriage hit the rocks the day it was discovered she was pregnant with twins. [ Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Rosemary Khayese, a resident of Bungoma, recalls the day in 1990 when her husband chased her away from their home after giving birth to twins.

“My husband’s parents were categorical that it was a taboo for a woman, who is pregnant for the first time (primigravida) to deliver twins. They suggested that one of the babies had to be killed,” says Khayese.