July 2, 2007
Cellphones blamed on broken mariages in Kenya
According to AllAfrica, cell phones are breaking mariages in Kenya.
"An opinion poll commissioned by the Sunday Nation reveals that, for many a couple, spying on each other has become a fulltime pre-occupation. Many relationships are falling apart courtesy of the cell phone.
Psychologists, marriage counsellors and the church have their hands full trying to restore harmony among couples whose marriages have been put to the test by a spouse's tendency to scroll through the partner's text messages.
The poll shows that 47.3 per cent of the respondents have been actively engaged in domestic espionage in the last three months.
"Anybody could answer the landline including junior. This meant a lady having a relationship with a married man would be plainly insane to call him at home.
With mobile phone, things are fast getting different. A woman seated opposite her husband on the dinner table could be busy texting, "Darling, I'm really missing you..." to some fellow across town.
Mrs Tabitha Murungu, a counsellor with Hearts of Gold, says the coming of the mobile phone has seen an upsurge in clients. They are married and their problems are related to the mobile phone.
Image of a woman texting from MobileAfrica
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