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10 reasons why Kenyans love 'come-we-stay' marriages

Hate it or love it, 'come-we-stay arrangements' are here to stay. This informal arrangement of couples cohabiting without dowry payment, starring a bunch of weather-beaten wazees sporting moth-eaten suits, is more popular than going out for nyam-chom and lager.

Come-we-stay usually starts after an extended weekend of fornication, spiced by the chick spinning chapos (after buying the pan and rolling pin without the dude's knowledge) and washing his jeans, which were last laundered during the 2013 General Election!

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