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Love on the clock: How Kenyans set their proposal boundaries

When waiting feels like forever, Kenyan singles explain how they draw the line on proposals

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by NELLY MUCHIRI

News12 August 2025 - 19:54
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When it comes to love, Patricia Nyambura is not here to play the waiting game. At 32, the Makadara resident has a firm rule: three years is all a man gets to pop the question, or he is history.

Scarred but unshaken after a decade-long relationship with her high school sweetheart ended without a ring, Patricia has turned her heartbreak into a personal manifesto: no more love in limbo.

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