{"id":10003,"date":"2013-08-27T03:03:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T03:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kenya-man-in-wife-sharing-saga-sacked\/"},"modified":"2013-08-27T03:03:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T03:03:07","slug":"kenya-man-in-wife-sharing-saga-sacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kenya-man-in-wife-sharing-saga-sacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Man in wife-sharing saga sacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-3476 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/dn_coast_love_2608b_px.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{A Kenyan man who agreed to sign a contract with another to share a woman has been fired from his job.}}<\/p>\n<p>The butcher, Mr Sylvester Mwendwa, 26, who over the weekend openly declared his love for the widow said that his boss fired him after he heard the story.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mwendwa was not shy to reiterate his love for the woman saying: \u201cI love her for real and I was ready to do anything for her even if it meant sharing her with another man,\u201d even as he claimed that his life was in danger after receiving threatening messages.<\/p>\n<p>After their relationship with Joyce Wambui and another man went public, Mr Mwendwa has now gone into hiding, fearing for his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot go back home because I do not feel safe, I know Wambui is hurt, but you can never joke with a woman; she is capable of doing anything\u201d he said on Monday in an interview with the Nation.<\/p>\n<p>He said his love for Wambui was so deep that he could go to the extent of sharing the love with another man by signing an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been living with this woman for more than four years as man and wife according to African traditions. The only thing that I had not done is pay bride price, but I have fulfilled all her needs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mwendwa further revealed that he had been taking care of Wambui\u2019s twins for years in addition to renting a one-room house for her. The children, he said, call him father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{A Kenyan man who agreed to sign a contract with another to share a woman has been fired from his job.}} The butcher, Mr Sylvester Mwendwa, 26, who over the weekend openly declared his love for the widow said that his boss fired him after he heard the story. 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