Adrian Stepp
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While the other candidates have changed their lifestyles, ARCs man lives exactly the same way
he used to before he got the nod from theIEBC Kenyans may soon get three First Ladies should
the youngest presidential candidate win.
Mr Mohammed Abduba Dida, the 39-year-old former teacher at Lenana School has three wives and 11 children.
When he gets to State House, he says, all his wives will bear the title First Lady.
They will all become First Ladies by virtue of being married to the same man, unless the
Constitution has something else, said Mr Dida in an interview with the Nation.
Mr Dida added that he had no problem managing his family time, because, he has
everything planned. As a Muslim Im entitled to marry four (wives), but Im married to three. One is Amina, a
banker, the other, Estail, works with the World Health Organisation and theres Rukia who is ahousewife, said the presidential candidate for the Alliance for Real Change.
They say, many hands make light work easier,and Mr Dida can testify that having a polygamous marriage has made the exhausting campaigns more bearable. One of my wives takes care of the family finance, one takes care of secretarial work in these campaigns, and one takes care of the
children, he added.
That division of labour has helped him plan his
campaigns. Together with his three wives, discuss how the
spending of the family income is shared.
Also, he gets to choose the wife to accompany him to different parts of the country.
Mr Dida, who comes from Wajir County, picks Rukia when hes going to North Eastern,
because shes very good in Kisomali.
When his campaign heads to the cosmopolitan towns, his choice is Estail who originates from Kajiado and is good in English, and then he has to pick Amina if hes going to a place where theres a lot of politics do be done in Kiswahili.
All of them are educated, but they have traits that fit certain counties that I go to. At timeswe all go, said Mr Dida.
If he becomes Head of State, he will not use that criteria to travel, but he might end up having all his wives in an overseas visit.You know how ladies are jealous when it comes to sharing the husband, but I coordinate it very well.
At a certain time you are in one house. If Im travelling today and Im supposed to be in house number A, I go with wife number A because that is her time, Mr Dida said.
But he said such tricky matters, like everything in his home, is usually up for discussion. We are all educated people, we sit down and discuss, said Mr Dida.
With the eldest child aged 15 and the youngest six, he will need someone to sit at home to watch over the children.
Should he meet South Africas Jacob Zuma, they will be able to compare notes. When you sit down with Mr Dida, you get the sense that he has many things on his mind, a lot of plans, and he wants a platform to achieve his dreams.
The masters student at the University of Nairobi has his mind wandering from religion to philosophy, then back to his favourite topic of inter-faith relations and humanity
he used to before he got the nod from theIEBC Kenyans may soon get three First Ladies should
the youngest presidential candidate win.
Mr Mohammed Abduba Dida, the 39-year-old former teacher at Lenana School has three wives and 11 children.
When he gets to State House, he says, all his wives will bear the title First Lady.
They will all become First Ladies by virtue of being married to the same man, unless the
Constitution has something else, said Mr Dida in an interview with the Nation.
Mr Dida added that he had no problem managing his family time, because, he has
everything planned. As a Muslim Im entitled to marry four (wives), but Im married to three. One is Amina, a
banker, the other, Estail, works with the World Health Organisation and theres Rukia who is ahousewife, said the presidential candidate for the Alliance for Real Change.
They say, many hands make light work easier,and Mr Dida can testify that having a polygamous marriage has made the exhausting campaigns more bearable. One of my wives takes care of the family finance, one takes care of secretarial work in these campaigns, and one takes care of the
children, he added.
That division of labour has helped him plan his
campaigns. Together with his three wives, discuss how the
spending of the family income is shared.
Also, he gets to choose the wife to accompany him to different parts of the country.
Mr Dida, who comes from Wajir County, picks Rukia when hes going to North Eastern,
because shes very good in Kisomali.
When his campaign heads to the cosmopolitan towns, his choice is Estail who originates from Kajiado and is good in English, and then he has to pick Amina if hes going to a place where theres a lot of politics do be done in Kiswahili.
All of them are educated, but they have traits that fit certain counties that I go to. At timeswe all go, said Mr Dida.
If he becomes Head of State, he will not use that criteria to travel, but he might end up having all his wives in an overseas visit.You know how ladies are jealous when it comes to sharing the husband, but I coordinate it very well.
At a certain time you are in one house. If Im travelling today and Im supposed to be in house number A, I go with wife number A because that is her time, Mr Dida said.
But he said such tricky matters, like everything in his home, is usually up for discussion. We are all educated people, we sit down and discuss, said Mr Dida.
With the eldest child aged 15 and the youngest six, he will need someone to sit at home to watch over the children.
Should he meet South Africas Jacob Zuma, they will be able to compare notes. When you sit down with Mr Dida, you get the sense that he has many things on his mind, a lot of plans, and he wants a platform to achieve his dreams.
The masters student at the University of Nairobi has his mind wandering from religion to philosophy, then back to his favourite topic of inter-faith relations and humanity
