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Missing love: Divorce granted for lack of sex in couple's marriage

Missing love: Divorce granted for lack of sex in couple's marriage
Missing love: Divorce granted for lack of sex in couple's marriage (Photo: iStock)

From the morning kiss to the soft caress, the laughter to the intimacy that binds, the withdrawal of these simple gestures, a judge has ruled, may be enough to dissolve a marriage.

For one Nairobi couple, love turned into a battlefield of accusations, including scalding with hot water during breastfeeding, financial neglect, contempt, desertion, and even witchcraft.

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