My wife pushed me to marry another woman – Pastor Habil Were – Breaking NEWS in KENYA for Today Right Now & Kenyan News | TUKO

- Pastor Habil Were met his second wife at a church he was ministering and decided to befriend her

- This was after his first wife hinted him it was time he married another woman to be him children since he could not do so

- The couple had been married for 12 years but was still childless

- The two women got along well even before the second was officially introduced to the family

- They all live together but in different rooms with the man of God having his own room

- After the second wife bore him children, they worked together with the first wife to raise them

In almost all African societies, polygamy is an acceptable and valid form of marriage - in fact, monogamy has been associated with people of lower social status.

Proponents of polygamy have claimed that the more wives a man has, the more children he is likely to have.

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One polygamist who was allowed full and active participation in the life of the church was Pastor Habil Were. Photo: Edwin OchiengSource: Original

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And the more children, the greater the chances that the family will enjoy immortality.

This is indicative of the high regard in which the tradition is held by some African people, particularly in men.

However, the theological thinking of various Christian denominations is divided on the subject of polygamy.

While some churches are reluctant to allow the wives of polygamists to occupy prominent posts within the church, others are reluctant to permit a polygamist to occupy a church leadership role.

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Yet others, such as some of the African Independent Churches, accommodate polygamists and allow them full and active participation in the life of the church.

One such polygamist who was allowed full and active participation in the life of the church was Pastor Habil Were who opened up to TUKO.co.kes Lynn Ngugi about his polygamous life.

Habil was a doting husband to his wife of 35 years but having a childless marriage seemed to have been a bother for his wife who then created room for him to be able to court another woman.

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Habil was a doting husband to his wife of 35 years but having a childless marriage seemed to have been a bother for his wife. Photo: Habil WereSource: Original

Were met his second wife at a church where he was ministering and befriended her before professing his love for her, which according to him, was accidental.

But the woman confessed to having had a mutual feeling and that he did not have to apoogise.

The second wife became a frequent guest at Weres home and the two women become friends even before the man of God decided to take her in as his second wife.

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Knowing the first wife unable to conceive, the second wife vowed to protect her with all she had including leaving her husband if he ever chose to abandon his first wife.

To ensure there was peace at home, he clearly outlined each ones position in the family but that did not stop problems from popping up time to time nonetheless.

The women lived together in the same house but different rooms while the man of God and his own room but never drew up a schedule to indicate in whose room he would sleep in or when.

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The second wife became a frequent guest at Weres home and the two women become friends. Photo: Habil Were.Source: Original

The happy couple was finally blessed by children but that did not stop his first wife from enjoying the joys of motherhood as they worked together to take care of of the children.

According to the apostle, a number of churches had accepted him as a polygamous man of God but usually asked him to keep his status a secret while preaching to the masses.

Were, who has no plan of marrying a third wife, defended his decision to marry two wives using scriptures from the Holy Book citing Abraham who sired a child with his servant after Sarah failed to bear him a child.

He further called out on polygamous men to proudly own their status and not to shy from speaking about their position

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