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When mental issues break a marriage

Elizabeth Apondi and her husband David Wanjala lost their unborn child during pregnancy. [David Gichuru, Standard]

There are endless reasons many marriages go south: for instance when there’s too much money or too little of it.  Interference from in-laws. ‘Advice’ from chama friends.  Unrealistic expectations. Domestic violence. Marrying for wrong reasons. Disrespect. Discovering secrets, like sorcery in the family or secret families. Meeting at a nightclub only for one partner to get saved. All these are deal-breakers.

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