Kikuyu women: Do Kenyan men fear marrying these Iron ‘ladies’?

“These women hate lazy men. You must step up to the plate or else reap wrath and get kicked out."

A lot has been said about Kikuyu women. In fact, of the women from the 42 ethnic communities, no other tribe gets as much flak as them.

They have been accused of all manner of things; they not only ‘sit’ on their husbands, but also beat them up; they kill their men when bored with them to enjoy their property; they walk out of marriages old enough to produce grandchildren, and wags never tire of poking fun at their culinary skills. Things seem so bad that some parents, including fellow Kikuyus, warn their sons against marrying these women.