Gray divorce trend: More couples breaking up in their 60s

Former National Assembly Speaker Francis Ole Kaparo is the latest high profile figure to find himself embroiled in a bitter divorce battle. Considering the increasingly long list includes names such as Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip and Saumu Mbuvi, celebrated gospel musician Daddy Owen, as well as Raphael Tuju and his former partner Ruth Akinyi, Kaparo has the rare distinction of ending a marriage older than some of his soon-to-be bachelors.

It is a club with very few members, including Rift Valley stalwart and proud Annual Men’s Conference chairman Jackson Kibor. For many, it makes little sense to end a marriage that has survived so long. For better or for worse is often tested within the first ten years of a marriage, not after 30 long ones. Usually, the battle has been brewing under the surface for so long. The world was shocked when Bill and Melinda Gates called it quits after 27 years of marriage. Ole Kaparo and his wife, Mary Mpereina were married 40 years ago.