A staggering number of marriages have ended in Mombasa since January this year, with over 300 cases registered in the Kadhi's Court alone. Young couples continue to go separate ways after one to 10 years after marriage, with lack of maintenance and desertion being the commonest causes, Mombasa Principal Kadhi Salim Vumbi says.
"Most of the divorce cases registered in our courts range between one to 10 years of marriage, but sometimes we have cases of people who have been married for over 35 years and have adult children," said Vumbi.