Divorce rate surges in Kenya amid economic pressure, culture shift

To divorce, one files at the Resident Magistrates Court, and if the marriage is proven irretrievably broken, the court issues a divorce certificate.

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The rate of divorce or separation among married women in Kenya aged 15-49 has surged, new data shows, pointing to the fallouts related to economic pressure and cultural shifts.

Data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the proportion of married women between 15-49 years dipped to 48.1 percent in 2022, from 63.1 percent in 1989.

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