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| Steven Mwendwa said he would pay the bride price |
The woman had been having affairs with both men for more than four years and apparently refused to choose between them.
The agreement sets out a rota for Sylvester Mwendwa and
Elijah Kimani to stay in her house and states they will both help raise
any children she bears.
Lawyers said their "marriage" would be legally recognised if they could prove polyandry was part of their custom.
'Jealousy'
Mr Mwendwa and Mr Kimani drafted the agreement after realising
they had both been having an affair with the woman in Mombasa County
for more than four years, the local Daily Nation newspaper reports.
Community policing officer
Adhalah Abdulrahman persuaded the two men to marry the woman after he
saw them fighting over her, it reports.
"We have agreed that from today we will not threaten or have
jealous feelings because of our wife, who says she's not ready to let go
of any of us," the agreement says, Kenya's NTV station reports.
"Each one will respect the day set aside for him. We agree to
love each other and live peacefully. No-one has forced us to make this
agreement," it adds.
Mr Mwenda said her parents had given their blessing, while he is planning to pay the bride price.
The woman, a widow with two children, did not want to be named.
Kenyan family lawyer Judy Thongori told the Daily Nation that
the law does not explicitly forbid polyandry - a woman having more than
one husband.
"The laws we have do not talk about it but for such a union
to be recognised in Kenya, it has to be either under the statutory law
or as customary marriage. The question we should ask now is whether
these people come from communities that have been practising polyandry,"
she is quoted as saying.
Polygamous marriages often take place in Kenya, but wife-sharing is unheard of, correspondents say.
Source BBC
LOL, some people are looking forward to hooking up with just one husband, them no see half sef, this woman get two at once. na wa o this world don end finish. LOL
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