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Man can raise children just as woman can, judge declares

A judge has ruled that men can be allowed sole custody of children, revoking a long-held view that only women are primary caregivers.

High Court Judge Joel Ngugi declared that it is a fallacy to imagine that men cannot be primary caregivers but can only be breadwinners.

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