A visual representation of a woman living her marriage. [Gemini]
Thirty-three years ago, a young Kenyan woman from Malindi reluctantly agreed to marry her late father’s old friend in an arranged union that eventually produced five children.
The 55-year-old woman, identified as AMA in court documents, has now filed for divorce, saying she no longer loves her husband, identified as DYA, and does not wish to return to the Comoros Islands.
AMA said her decision to seek a divorce was driven by cultural differences with her Comorian in-laws, which made it difficult for her to visit her family regularly.
She explained that they lived in Mvuoni, Bambao, within a strong and close-knit cultural setting in the Comoros Islands, a situation that often left her feeling homesick.
