The High Court in Nairobi on Thursday dismissed a case that sought to have couples part ways without necessarily washing each other's dirty linens before a judge or a magistrate.
Justice Lawrence Mugambi, in his judgment, said that if married men and women were allowed to walk away from marriages by simply signing a consent, it would negate society's interests in families and marriages.
According to the judge, a family is the foundation of social order and should be safeguarded despite challenges.
He said that where a man marries a woman, it ceases to be an individual affair but becomes that of a whole community, religious groups and the government.
