Two Men Fight Over Widow, Sign Deal To Share Her

Two Kenyan men have agreed to share a woman in a written contract in which they vowed never to fight over her again.

The men were said to be fighting over a woman, who is a widow and a mother of twins, each insisting he could not live without the woman.

Both men from Kisauni in the coastal Mombasa signed the deal before Community policing officer Adhalah Abdulrahmanon on Sunday after realising they had both been having an affair with the woman for more than four years.

According to reports, the agreement states that if she gives birth they will both raise the child as their own and both men agreed as they have been taking care of the woman's children together and paying her rent equally before now.

When asked to make a choice, the woman also declined, saying she could not live without either of the men. This made the men agree to take turns to live with her.

Lawyers said the two men would have to prove that it has been part of their custom to practise polyandry, otherwise the union would not stand.

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