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Widowers during a meeting convened by Christened Widowers’ Health, Empowerment and Support in Kanyangsi trading centre, Ndhiwa East sub-county. [James Omoro, Standard]
Elderly widowers in Homa Bay County want the government to initiate an empowerment programme to boost their livelihoods.
The widowers expressed concerns that they undergo hardships after the deaths of their spouses.
Most of the widowers lost their wives when they were too old to remarry. The situation predisposes them to abject poverty, especially where the wife was the sole breadwinner or the family’s livelihood depended on equal contribution of the couple.
