Revealed: Why Kenyan men are boycotting marriage

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You probably know a bachelor who has it all; a good job, nice car, lives in a great apartment in a middle-class estate and is well into his 30s - half-way through his life-expectancy - or even in his 40s. It is also very true that we have women of such qualities who are not married. However, it’s men who marry women in our society.

Thus, it is very likely that it’s men who are boycotting marriage. Much as more and more women would want to beat the biological clock ticking towards an age where their ‘market value’ diminishes by getting married, men - who pretty much initiate marriage - seem not to be interested any more. Even a cursory glance at the Nairobi roads will reveal that we had fewer weddings compared to a few years ago when on Saturdays, every second car on the street was part of a wedding motorcade.