In Sindo township in Homa Bay County, a new marriage system is taking over, where men and women only take a short time with their partners before picking other mates.
Known as 'Puk Iyier' (dispose and choose), it has become a norm for a person to move in with a number of partners over a span of months or a year, before dumping them for others.
This has been worsened by the fact that unmarried women outnumber the available men, which enables men to pick numerous women for short cohabiting sessions.
In a region predominantly populated by fishermen, this new lifestyle has been blamed for the increasing number of HIV/AIDS infections in the area.
According to Wadiang'a village elder Michael Otieno, so dire is the situation that 15 people, majority being women, report cases of broken marriages on a weekly basis.
"On Wednesday, four women came to my office complaining that their husbands had abandoned them. Most were pursuing their property,” he told the Standard.
One of the current victims is Akeyo, who was abandoned by her husband two weeks ago before he moved in with a different woman in the same neighbourhood.
“We were married for only eight months and he has already abandoned me. I am appealing to the government to help me get my household goods,” she says.
Attempts by authorities to counter the Puk Iyier system have been futile so far.