Kenyan couples will now be allowed to file for divorce on the grounds of deep mistrust. This is according to a ruling was made by High Court judge Antony Mrima.
The judge made the decision after granting a divorce to a wife (EAO) and her husband (SAA) after the woman described her irreparable suspicions that her husband was unfaithful without any evidence.
The two went to court in 2015 after EAO moved out of her matrimonial home and sought to dissolve her marriage before SeniorResident Magistrate M. Wachira.
In 2017, Wachira declined to issue the divorce citing due to lack of evidence.
According to SAA, allegations by his wife were untrue. He maintained that he loved her, asking the court to order her to return to their matrimonial home.
The woman appealed the magistrate's decision adding that they had sought counseling from a cleric on four separate occasions but in vain.
"The evidence in this matter reveals that all is not well between the parties."
The judge went on to add that had SAA truly loved EAO then he would have tried to calm trouble in his marriage before it escalated.