Could This Be Love? Two Kenyan Men Agree To Marry The Same Woman

Sylvester Mwendwa said he would pay the bride price
Two Kenyan men have signed an agreement to “marry” the
same woman, reports say.
The woman had been having affairs with both men for more
than four years and apparently refused to choose between
them.
The agreement sets out a rota for Sylvester Mwendwa and
Elijah Kimani to stay in her house and states they will both help
raise any children she bears.
Lawyers said their “marriage” would be legally recognised if
they could prove polyandry was part of their custom.
‘Jealousy’
Mr Mwendwa and Mr Kimani drafted the agreement after
realising they had both been having an affair with the woman
in Mombasa County for more than four years, the local Daily
Nation newspaper reports.
Community policing officer Adhalah Abdulrahman persuaded
the two men to marry the woman after he saw them fighting
over her, it reports.
“We have agreed that from today we will not threaten or have
jealous feelings because of our wife, who says she’s not
ready to let go of any of us,” the agreement says, Kenya’s
NTV station reports.
“Each one will respect the day set aside for him. We agree to
love each other and live peacefully. No-one has forced us to
make this agreement,” it adds.
Mr Mwenda said her parents had given their blessing, while he
is planning to pay the bride price.
The woman, a widow with two children, did not want to be
named.
Kenyan family lawyer Judy Thongori told the Daily Nation that
the law does not explicitly forbid polyandry – a woman having
more than one husband.
“The laws we have do not talk about it but for such a union to
be recognised in Kenya, it has to be either under the statutory
law or as customary marriage. The question we should ask
now is whether these people come from communities that
have been practising polyandry,” she is quo