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When love turns sour: Stories of Kenyans who discovered they were the “side piece”

Love has a way of writing the messiest scripts- sometimes with us as the unwitting supporting cast

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by NELLY MUCHIRI

News21 August 2025 - 19:40
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Love often writes the messiest scripts, and sometimes we end up cast in roles we never auditioned for. In the busy heart of Kamukunji, 30-year-old Yvonne Nekesa knows that feeling all too well.

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