In Summary
Kiambu Woman Rep Gathoni Wamuchomba has asked able men from
Kikuyu community to consider marrying several wives. She has said that
bringing up children, in the absence of their fathers, has led
to serious social problems among the youth.
to serious social problems among the youth.
She said men,
who sire children with different women should consider taking them as
their additional wives, saying being in a polygamous marriage is not a
crime but a way of culture.
Ms Wamuchomba said most of
the youth in the community, who are indulging in alcohol and those who
become street children, are in those situations because they lack good
upbringing, adding that most street children in the city are from the
community.
FIVE WIVES
“We
give birth to these children, and we do not want to own up to them. If
you are a man from the Kikuyu community, and you can sustain five wives,
have them and if you are a man and you are in a position to bring up
(many children), do it,” she said.
According to her, if revisiting polygamy will be the solution, it should be explored.
Ms Wamuchomba spoke at Violence Recovery Centre at Wangunyu in
Karura, Kiambaa sub county, where she launched a programme to
rehabilitate alcoholic addicts. They are to undergo a three-month
programme in rehabilitation centres.
PREDICAMENTS
She
said most young people who showed up in the programme, were only
speaking about their mothers, an indication that their fathers abandoned
them, adding that most of their predicaments are associated with lack
of parenthood.
“We need to be honest,
these children who are raised by single mothers, where are their
fathers? And why do we want to pretend that this is not a problem. As
much as we are talking about our church and culture, we need to go back
to the drawing board to discuss this issue and come up with a solution,”
she said.
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