The killer women of Kabete: Why men from central fear marrying from this area

Kabete has the highest concentration of widows

• Men from Central Kenya have been warned against marrying from Kabete
• Kabete has the highest concentration of widows per square kilometre
• This is due to a belief that women from this area are husband killers

Since time immemorial, men from Central Kenya have been warned by their folks against marrying women from Kabete.

The warnings, some from aunties, are given as early as when the boys are hardly taller than their mothers’ knee height.