Women raid men’s pockets

Men be warned. Kenyan women are increasingly having their boyfriends and absentee husbands forced to provide for their children a move that indicates days when men could sire children and bolt are over. 

According to data seen by The Standard on Saturday, the women are using a raft of laws, especially the new Constitution, to raid men’s pockets for their upkeep. 

Also helping them to catch the absconding dads is the robust Children’s Act. 

However, men have often complained that the women use cash paid out as maintenance for children to fund flashy lifestyles. It is a clash of the sexes that has tipped the scales in favour of women. 

Previously men could deny responsibility for their children, sharing property or maintaining their girlfriends or estranged wives. 

It is also a warning to men against casual, unprotected sex that often leads to unplanned pregnancies. 

Compelling data provided by the Federation for Women Lawyers Kenya (Fida-Kenya) shows that the number of women seeking legal intervention for matters ranging from child maintenance, land, child custody and succession have shot up since the new Constitution came into force in 2010. 

The Fida-Kenya figures are an indication of the new race for upkeep, because the organisation is usually the first port of call for women aggrieved by such matters.

 

Standard

Men be warned. Kenyan women are increasingly having their boyfriends and absentee husbands forced to provide for their children a move that indicates days when men could sire children and bolt are over. According to data seen by The Standard on Saturday, the women are using a raft of laws, especially the new Constitution, to raid men’s pockets for their upkeep. Also helping them to catch the absconding dads is the robust Children’s Act. However, men have often complained that the women use cash paid out as maintenance for children to fund flashy lifestyles. It is a clash of the sexes that has tipped the scales in favour of women. Previously men could deny responsibility for their children, sharing property or maintaining their girlfriends or estranged wives. It is also a warning to men against casual, unprotected sex that often leads to unplanned pregnancies.
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