Recently, Senator Irungu Kang'ata sent a shockwave among Kenyan menfolk by proposing legislation targeting deadbeat fathers or men who sire children out of wedlock and flee from parental responsibility.
The senator suggested that such irresponsible parents should be punished through Credit Reference Bureaus' listing, leading to freezing of credit, denial of travel documents, business licences, driving licence and Certificate of Good Conduct, attachment of salary or property to meet child maintenance, and so on. Kang'ata has definitely put Kenyan masculinity on notice.
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