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  Wives NOT Knives   In our village, people often say,  “kwa machoni ya watu, ndoa ni harusi, lakini kwa milango iliyofungwa, ni vita.” (To the public, marriage is a wedding, but behind closed doors, it is a battle). It begs the ultimate question for many Kenyan wives today:  What kind of woman are you when the family ship hits a storm?  Do you pack your bags the moment the financial taps run dry, or do you stay because of the status, the Blue Triangle cement house in the shags, and the Friday supermarket trolleys filled to the brim? Let’s talk about Justin. Justin was a senior credit officer at a top tier bank in Nairobi. For years, he was the pride of his family in the city and back in Ushago . He drove a sleek Suburu SUV,  Ascent to be precise .  He paid good school fees for his kids at a prestigious academy in Naivasha, and every month, his wife’s salon appointments and Chama contributions were settled without a whisper of complaint.  But cor...