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'Silent treatment': The deadly scourge eating up marriages

A couple in distress

Duncan Muema* fell in love with a girl he met in college seven years ago. She was the very epitome of what young people would call a girl with "good vibes." She was agreeable to most of his proposals for their future life together, and fights were rare.

"Maria had all the qualities a man would look for in a wife," says Muema.

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