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 quoted as saying.
Polygamous marriages often take place
in Kenya, but wife-sharing is unheard of,
correspondents say.

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