Kisii is one of the places to start life due to the availability of cheap food and affordable services. However, with the cheap housing, not everyone can afford a modern housing with multiple rooms.
Hivisasa.com went to the field to talk to families that live in a single room to understand the agony they undergo through in their day to day life in their house.
Mary Moraa (not her real name) a mother of four, expressed how her marriage has been on the edge due to lack of enough privacy as a couple.
"I cannot have a private talk with my husband because the children will listen to us, leave alone sex. We cannot even hug to show affection because we share a single room," Moraa said.
With her eldest child aged 12, she old enough to understand what affection means which has shut down Moraa's dream to enjoy her marriage.
"During the night, I remove the table and place a mattress for my kids to sleep. In the late hours of the night when my husband makes the first move, I turn him down because the kids will hear us," she said.
With such a difficult situation, her husband started coming home late which has always made her suspect he is cheating, however, Moraa has nothing to do to save the sinking boat.
Another visit to Mr Mogaka, a father of two, gives a very sad story. Mogaka has to sneak from his job in the quarries to come home and have sex with his wife when the kids are in school.
"I have to sneak to have good times with my wife because there is no other time for such moments as my children will be off from school. At times I behave as if am 'stealing' what belongs to me," Mogaka said.
His firstborn son, who is in class eight, once found then red-handed after he was sent away from school which took time before they 'healed'.Mogaka has been forced to abstain in his marriage during the holidays as his children are always home.
Many married couples in single rooms might have engaged in cheating to fulfil their desires as their homes are not 'safe' enough to enjoy the conjugal rights.